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Oracle® Human Resources Management Systems

FastFormula User Guide


Release 12
Part No. B31616-02

December 2006
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems FastFormula User Guide, Release 12

Part No. B31616-02

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Contents

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Preface

1 FastFormula
Oracle FastFormula Overview.................................................................................................. 1-1
Oracle FastFormula.................................................................................................................... 1-4
Uses for Oracle FastFormula..................................................................................................... 1-6
Uses for Oracle FastFormula................................................................................................ 1-6
Introduction to Formula Components............................................................................... 1-10
Formula Writing Techniques............................................................................................. 1-16
FastFormula Assistant Overview....................................................................................... 1-22
Formula Reference................................................................................................................... 1-23
Formula Reference............................................................................................................. 1-23
Input Values in Payroll Formulas...................................................................................... 1-24
Constants........................................................................................................................... 1-26
Variables............................................................................................................................ 1-28
Expressions........................................................................................................................ 1-32
Arithmetic Operators......................................................................................................... 1-33
Functions........................................................................................................................... 1-33
Comments.......................................................................................................................... 1-53
Statements.......................................................................................................................... 1-54
Formula Compilation......................................................................................................... 1-61
Formula Errors................................................................................................................... 1-61
Database Items................................................................................................................... 1-63
Static Database Items......................................................................................................... 1-63
Static Database Items for Oracle US Federal HR ............................................................... 1-87

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Dynamic Database Items................................................................................................... 1-87
Formulas for Payroll Legislative Checks............................................................................1-93
Formulas for Benefits Administration................................................................................1-93
Total Compensation Formula Types.................................................................................. 1-93
Benefit Uplift Formulas for Spain.................................................................................... 1-127
Writing Formulas for Accrual Plans................................................................................ 1-127
Writing Formulas To Calculate Absence Duration.......................................................... 1-133
Writing Formulas to Calculate Eligibility for a Collective Agreement Entitlement......... 1-134
Editing Assignment Set Formulas.................................................................................... 1-135
Writing Formulas for Templates...................................................................................... 1-135
Writing Proration Formulas............................................................................................. 1-139
Writing Formulas for EEO Employment Categories........................................................1-140
Writing Formulas for Person Number Generation.......................................................... 1-141
Writing Formulas for Rating Competencies and Objectives............................................ 1-143
Writing or Editing a Formula........................................................................................... 1-146
Writing Payroll Formulas for Elements........................................................................... 1-148
Writing Formulas for Element Skip Rules....................................................................... 1-148
Copying and Adding Features to a QuickPaint Formula.................................................1-149
Writing Formulas for Validation......................................................................................1-150
Writing Formulas for Default Assignment Costing......................................................... 1-151
Writing Formulas for Rate By Criteria Calculations........................................................ 1-153
Defining Global Values.................................................................................................... 1-154
Bulk Compiling Formulas................................................................................................ 1-154
Generating the Formula Wrapper.................................................................................... 1-154
Registering a Function..................................................................................................... 1-155
Sample Formulas................................................................................................................... 1-157
Sample Accrual Formula..................................................................................................1-157
Sample Proration Formula............................................................................................... 1-174
Editing a Quick Paint Formula Example..........................................................................1-197
Checking an Element Entry Example...............................................................................1-198
Checking a User Table Entry Example............................................................................. 1-199
Sample Formula for Payroll Contact................................................................................ 1-200
Sample Appraisal Objective Line-Scoring Formulas........................................................1-202
Sample Appraisal Competency Line-Scoring Formulas.................................................. 1-206
Sample Appraisal Total Scoring Formulas....................................................................... 1-212
Legislative Formulas............................................................................................................. 1-217
Sample Accrual Formula (Belgium)................................................................................. 1-217
Sample Accrual Formulas for Absence (Hungary).......................................................... 1-229
Sample Formula for Base Holiday (Hungary)..................................................................1-231
Sample Formula for Additional Holiday (Hungary)....................................................... 1-240
Sample Formula for Other Additional Holiday (Hungary)............................................. 1-252

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Sample Formula for Sickness Holiday (Hungary)........................................................... 1-260
Sample Formula for Carry Over Absence (Hungary)...................................................... 1-269
Sample Formula for Validation of YEA Information (Korea).......................................... 1-270
Netherlands Reporting ABP Part Time Percentage..........................................................1-275
Netherlands Working Hours Formula ............................................................................ 1-275
Netherlands Payee Name Formulas................................................................................ 1-276
Netherlands EFT Payment Override Formula................................................................. 1-276
Formulas for Netherlands Wage Tax Subsidies............................................................... 1-276
Formulas to Enable Additional Part-Time Percentages for the Netherlands................... 1-277
Sample Formulas for Payment Method (Saudi)............................................................... 1-278
Sample Payroll Formulas Enabled for Proration (UK Only)............................................ 1-282
Sample Rates History Formulas (UK Only)..................................................................... 1-300
Sample Deduction Formula Calling the Arrearage Function (UK Only)......................... 1-303
Legislative Functions............................................................................................................. 1-308
Canadian Legislative Functions....................................................................................... 1-308
Hungarian Legislative Functions..................................................................................... 1-315
Japanese Legislative Functions........................................................................................ 1-316
Mexican Legislative Functions......................................................................................... 1-317
South African Legislative Functions................................................................................ 1-323
UK Only Functions.......................................................................................................... 1-324

HRMS Glossary

Index

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Preface

Intended Audience
Welcome to Release 12 of the Oracle Human Resources Management Systems FastFormula
User Guide.
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• Oracle HRMS.
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Structure
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HRMS Glossary

Related Information Sources


Oracle HRMS shares business and setup information with other Oracle Applications
products. Therefore, you may want to refer to other user guides when you set up and
use Oracle HRMS.
You can read the guides online by choosing Library from the expandable menu on your
HTML help window, by reading from the Oracle Applications Document Library CD
included in your media pack, or by using a Web browser with a URL that your system
administrator provides.
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Oracle Applications User's Guide
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graphical user interface (GUI). This guide also includes information on setting user
profiles, as well as running and reviewing reports and concurrent processes.

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You can access this user's guide online by choosing "Getting started with Oracle
Applications" from any Oracle Applications help file.
Guides Related to This Product
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS User Guide
This guide describes the dashboards and reports available for HR Line Managers, Chief
HR Officer, Budget Managers, and Benefits Managers using Daily Business Intelligence
for HRMS. It includes information on using parameters, how DBI for HRMS derives
values, and how to troubleshoot dashboards and reports.
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS Implementation Guide
This guide provides basic setup procedures for implementing and maintaining
HRMS-related dashboards.
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide
This guide describes the common concepts for Daily Business Intelligence. It describes
the product architecture and provides information on the common dimensions, security
considerations, and data summarization flow. It includes a consolidated setup checklist
by page and provides detailed information on how to set up, maintain, and
troubleshoot Daily Business Intelligence pages and reports for the following functional
areas: Financials, Interaction Center, iStore, Marketing, Product Lifecycle Management,
Projects, Procurement, Sales, Service, Service Contracts, and Supply Chain.
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide
This guide describes the common concepts for Daily Business Intelligence. It describes
the product architecture and provides information on the common dimensions, security
considerations, and data summarization flow. It includes a consolidated setup checklist
by page and provides detailed information on how to set up, maintain, and
troubleshoot Daily Business Intelligence pages and reports for the following functional
areas: Financials, Interaction Center, iStore, Marketing, Product Lifecycle Management,
Projects, Procurement, Sales, Service, Service Contracts, and Supply Chain.
Oracle Application Framework Personalization Guide
Learn about the capabilities of the OA Framework technologies.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Enterprise and Workforce
Management Guide
Learn how to use Oracle HRMS to represent your enterprise. This includes setting up
your organization hierarchy, recording details about jobs and positions within your
enterprise, defining person types to represent your workforce, and also how to manage
your budgets and costs.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Workforce Sourcing, Deployment, and
Talent Management Guide
Learn how to use Oracle HRMS to represent your workforce. This includes recruiting
new workers, developing their careers, managing contingent workers, and reporting on
your workforce.

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Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Payroll Processing Management Guide
Learn about wage attachments, taxes and social insurance, the payroll run, and other
processes.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Compensation and Benefits
Management Guide
Learn how to use Oracle HRMS to manage your total compensation package. For
example, read how to administer salaries and benefits, set up automated grade/step
progression, and allocate salary budgets. You can also learn about setting up earnings
and deductions for payroll processing, managing leave and absences, and reporting on
compensation across your enterprise.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Configuring, Reporting, and System
Administration Guide
Learn about extending and configuring Oracle HRMS, managing security, auditing,
information access, and letter generation.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Implementation Guide
Learn about the setup procedures you need to carry out in order to implement Oracle
HRMS successfully in your enterprise.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems FastFormula User Guide
Learn about the different uses of Oracle FastFormula, and understand the rules and
techniques you should employ when defining and amending formulas for use with
Oracle applications.
Oracle Self-Service Human Resources Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide
Set up and use self-service human resources (SSHR) functions for managers, HR
Professionals, and employees.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Deploy Strategic Reporting (HRMSi)
Implement and administer Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Intelligence
(HRMSi) in your environment.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Strategic Reporting (HRMSi) User
Guide
Learn about the workforce intelligence reports included in the HRMSi product,
including Daily Business Intelligence reports, Discoverer workbooks, and Performance
Management Framework reports.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Approvals Management
Implementation Guide
Use Oracle Approvals Management (AME) to define the approval rules that determine
the approval processes for Oracle applications.
Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Window Navigation and Reports
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This guide lists the default navigation paths for all windows and the default reports and
processes as they are supplied in Oracle HRMS.
Oracle iRecruitment Implementation and User Guide
Set up and use Oracle iRecruitment to manage all of your enterprise's recruitment
needs.
Oracle Learning Management User Guide
Use Oracle Learning Management to accomplish your online and offline learning goals.
Oracle Learning Management Implementation Guide
Implement Oracle Learning Management to accommodate your specific business
practices.
Oracle Time and Labor Implementation and User Guide
Learn how to capture work patterns, such as shift hours, so that this information can be
used by other applications, such as General Ledger.
Installation and System Administration
Oracle Applications Concepts
This guide provides an introduction to the concepts, features, technology stack,
architecture, and terminology for Oracle Applications Release 12. It provides a useful
first book to read before an installation of Oracle Applications. This guide also
introduces the concepts behind Applications-wide features such as Business Intelligence
(BIS), languages and character sets, and Self-Service Web Applications.
Oracle Applications Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install
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products. Oracle Rapid Install minimizes the time to install Oracle Applications and the
Oracle technology stack by automating many of the required steps. This guide contains
instructions for using Oracle Rapid Install and lists the tasks you need to perform to
finish your installation. You should use this guide in conjunction with individual
product user guides and implementation guides.
Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to Release 12
Refer to this guide if you are upgrading your Oracle Applications Release 11i products
to Release 12. This guide describes the upgrade process and lists database and
product-specific upgrade tasks.
Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures and Oracle Applications Maintenance
Utilities
Use these guides to help you run the various AD utilities (such as AutoUpgrade,
AutoPatch, AD Administration, AD Controller, AD Relink, and License Manager) and
maintain the Oracle applications file system and database.
Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guides
These guides (Configuration, Maintenance, and Security) provide planning and

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reference information for the Oracle Applications System Administrator. They describe
how to define security, customize menus and online help, and manage concurrent
processing.
Oracle Alert User's Guide
This guide explains how to define periodic and event alerts to monitor the status of
your Oracle Applications data.
Oracle Applications Developer's Guide
This guide contains the coding standards followed by the Oracle Applications
development staff and describes the Oracle Application Object Library components that
are needed to implement the Oracle Applications user interface described in the Oracle
Applications User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products. This manual also provides
information to help you build your custom Oracle Forms Developer forms so that the
forms integrate with Oracle Applications.
Oracle Applications User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products
This guide contains the user interface (UI) standards followed by the Oracle
Applications development staff. It describes the UI for the Oracle Applications products
and how to apply this UI to the design of an application built by using Oracle Forms.
Other Implementation Documentation
Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide
This guide explains how to complete the setup steps necessary for any Oracle
Applications product that includes workflow-enabled processes, as well as how to
monitor the progress of runtime workflow processes.
Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
This guide explains how to define new workflow business processes and customize
existing Oracle Applications-embedded workflow processes. It also describes how to
define and customize business events and event subscriptions.
Oracle Workflow User's Guide
This guide describes how Oracle Applications users can view and respond to workflow
notifications and monitor the progress of their workflow processes.
Oracle Workflow API Reference
This guide describes the APIs provided for developers and administrators to access
Oracle Workflow.
Oracle Applications Flexfields Guide
This guide provides flexfields planning, setup, and reference information for the Oracle
HRMS implementation team, as well as for users responsible for the ongoing
maintenance of Oracle Applications product data. This guide also provides information
on creating custom reports on flexfields data.
Oracle eTechnical Reference Manuals

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Each eTechnical Reference Manual (eTRM) contains database diagrams and a detailed
description of database tables, forms, reports, and programs for a specific Oracle
Applications product. This information helps you convert data from your existing
applications, integrate Oracle Applications data with non-Oracle applications, and write
custom reports for Oracle Applications products. Oracle eTRM is available on Oracle
MetaLink.

Integration Repository
The Oracle Integration Repository is a compilation of information about the service
endpoints exposed by the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications. It provides a
complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite's business service interfaces. The tool lets
users easily discover and deploy the appropriate business service interface for
integration with any system, application, or business partner.
The Oracle Integration Repository is shipped as part of the E-Business Suite. As your
instance is patched, the repository is automatically updated with content appropriate
for the precise revisions of interfaces in your environment.

Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle Applications Data


Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data
Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle Applications data unless
otherwise instructed.
Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and
maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as
SQL*Plus to modify Oracle Applications data, you risk destroying the integrity of your
data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.
Because Oracle Applications tables are interrelated, any change you make using an
Oracle Applications form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle
Applications data using anything other than Oracle Applications, you may change a
row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables
get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information
and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle Applications.
When you use Oracle Applications to modify your data, Oracle Applications
automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle Applications also keeps track
of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using
database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who
has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a
record of changes.

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FastFormula

Oracle FastFormula Overview


Formulas are generic expressions of calculations or comparisons you want to repeat
with different input values. Formulas take input from a window, a database, or a
process, such as a payroll run and they return values or messages.
Oracle FastFormula is a simple way to write formulas using English words and basic
mathematical functions. You can use information from your database in formulas
without learning the database structure or a programming language.

Uses of Oracle FastFormula


In HRMS, Oracle FastFormula is used for validation, to perform calculations, and to
specify rules. Here are some examples.
In Payroll, you use formulas to:
• Validate element inputs

• Calculate element pay values and run results during payroll processing

• Specify the rules for skipping an element during payroll processing

• Perform legislative checks during a payroll run

In Compensation and Benefits Management, you use formulas to:


• Specify the rules for Paid Time Off accrual plans, such as how much time is accrued
and over what period, when new starters are eligible to begin accruing time, and
how much time can be carried over to the next accrual term

• Define custom calculations for benefits administration

• Calculate the duration of an absence given the start and end dates and times

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• Create rules for benefits administration such as eligibility determination

In People Management, you use formulas to:


• Check that element entry values are valid for an assignment

• Specify the criteria for including an assignment in an assignment set and to edit
assignment sets

• Configure the people management templates in a number of ways such as


supplying additional information to be available from fields on the template and
validating field entries

• Define collective agreements

• Generate custom global person number sequences for employees, applicants, and
contingent workers

You also use formulas to define Oracle Business Intelligence Systems reports, to select
the database information you want to display in a QuickPaint report, and to perform
calculations for the report.
You can easily create and maintain business rules by calling formulas from the Custom
Library. For example, you can use formulas to validate data entry in forms by calling
formulas from the Custom Library, and to check that entries made to a user table are
valid. You can then call these business rules from other PL/SQL applications.
When you write a formula, you specify for which of these purposes you will use it.

Components of Formulas
Formulas are made up of a number of different components. These can include
assignment statements, different types of input including database items, functions,
nested expressions, and conditions. See: Introduction to Formula Components, page 1-
10
When writing formulas, there are a number of techniques you should use to ensure
your formulas are easy to use and understand. See: Formula Writing Techniques, page
1-16. There are also rules for using each type of component that you need to follow.
See: Formula Reference, page 1-23

Oracle FastFormula Functions


Oracle FastFormula provides functions that manipulate data in various ways. These
include:
• Text functions such as the GREATEST function that compares the values of all the
text string operands and returns the value of the operand that is alphabetically last

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• Numeric functions such as the ROUND function that rounds off a numeric value to
the specified number of decimal places

• Date functions such as the ADD_DAYS function that adds a number of days to a
date

• Data conversion functions such as the CONVERT function that converts a character
string from one character set to another

Other types of functions provided by Oracle FastFormula include functions:


• To get values from tables such as the GET_LOOKUP_MEANING function that
enables Oracle FastFormula to translate a lookup code into a meaning

• For accrual type formulas such as the GET_START_DATE function that returns the
date at which the accrual formula should start calculating accruals

• That allow you to call another formula, either once or in a loop such as the
CALL_FORMULA function that runs a named formula with no inputs and no
outputs

• To set and use globals in SQL*Plus from within your formulas such as the ISNULL
set of three functions that test whether a text, numeric, or date value is NULL

See: Functions, page 1-33

Supplied Formulas
Formulas are predefined for all the tax calculations required for Oracle Payroll. You
should not edit these formulas. When tax rules change, you will automatically receive
updates.
There are also a number of formulas predefined for accrual plans. You can use these
formulas as supplied, or customize them to match the rules of your own plans.
Depending on the legislation, the system may automatically generate some payroll
formulas to define earnings and deductions elements, and you can create as many other
formulas as you require to process the elements you define.
Formulas for QuickPaint reports and assignment sets can be generated from criteria you
enter in windows. You can edit these generated formulas to add more functionality.

Database Items
There are two types of database items available to you in Oracle HRMS for writing
formulas and defining QuickPaint reports. Static database items come as part of the
system and you cannot modify them. Dynamic database items are created by Oracle
HRMS processes whenever you define new elements or other related entities. See:
Database Items, page 1-63

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Oracle FastFormula

What is Oracle FastFormula?


Oracle FastFormula is a simple way to write formulas using English words and basic
mathematical functions. You can use information from your database in formulas
without learning the database structure or a programming language.

How can you use formulas?


You can use formulas to:
• Calculate element pay values and run results during payroll processing.

• Check that element entry values are valid for an assignment.

• Check that entries made to a user table are valid.

• Specify the criteria for including an assignment in an assignment set.

• Create rules for benefits administration, such as eligibility determination

• Select the database information you want to display in a QuickPaint report, and
perform calculations for the report.

• Specify the rules for skipping an element during payroll processing.

• Prepare records in the format you require for the magnetic tape writer. For most
countries, the Oracle localization team has written the required formulas.

• Perform legislative checks during a payroll run.

• Specify the rules for Paid Time Off accrual plans, such as how much time is accrued
and over what period, when new starters are eligible to begin accruing time, and
how much time can be carried over to the next accrual term.

• Calculate the duration of an absence, given the start and end dates and times.

• Generate custom global person number sequences for employees, applicants, and
contingent workers.

• Configure the people management templates in a number of ways, including


supplying additional information to be available from fields on the template, and
validating field entries.

• Validate forms by calling formulas from the Custom Library. Calling formulas from

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the Custom Library also allows you to easily create and maintain business rules.
For more information about calling formulas from PL/SQL, refer to the technical
essay Calling FastFormula from PL/SQL, Oracle HRMS Implementation Guide.

When you write a formula, you specify for which of these purposes you will use it.

Are any formulas supplied?


Yes, formulas are predefined for all the tax calculations required for Oracle Payroll. You
should not edit these formulas; you will automatically receive updates when tax rules
change.
There are also a number of formulas predefined for accrual plans. You can use these
formulas as supplied, or customize them to match the rules of your own plans.
When US and Canadian Payroll users define earnings and deductions, the system
automatically generates the formulas required to process these elements. When
necessary, you can edit these generated payroll formulas. In other legislations, some
formulas may be predefined, and you can create as many other formulas as you require
to process the elements you define.
Formulas for QuickPaint reports and assignment sets can be generated from criteria you
enter in windows. You can edit these generated formulas to add more functionality.

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Uses for Oracle FastFormula

Uses for Oracle FastFormula


You can use Oracle FastFormula to:
• Calculate your payrolls

• Define the rules for PTO accrual plans

• Define custom calculations for benefits administration

• Define QuickPaint reports

• Validate element inputs or user tables

• Edit assignment sets

• Calculate absence duration

• Configure people management templates

• Set up business rules and call them from other PL/SQL applications

• Define your Oracle Business Intelligence Systems reports

• Define collective agreements

• Define custom global person number sequences

• Define employment categories for EEO reports (US only)

• Calculate ratings for individual competencies and objectives, and calculate a total
score for an appraisal

Payroll Calculations
You can use predefined payroll formulas. When you receive Oracle Payroll, some
formulas are predefined in your system. You cannot make any changes to these
formulas, but you can copy them and modify the copies.
US and Canadian Payroll users can use Oracle FastFormula to edit the formulas the
system generates for the earnings types, other payments and deductions you initiate in
Oracle Payroll. You make these edits directly to the generated formula (not to a copy)
using the Formula window.

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All Oracle Payroll users can use FastFormula to write payroll calculations and skip
rules for elements you define yourself to represent earnings and deductions. You can
associate more than one formula with each element, to perform different processing for
employee assignments with different statuses. US and Canadian Payroll users need
only define their own elements and formulas for earnings and deductions with highly
complex calculations requiring a number of different calls to the database.
You can write Payroll Run Proration formulas to run after the usual payroll formula
and handle proration when employees start work or terminate mid-pay period, or
when rates, grades, or other values change, requiring an element to be prorated.

PTO Accrual Plans


You can use Oracle FastFormula to edit the seeded Accrual type formulas, or to write
your own. Each accrual plan needs two formulas: one to calculate gross accrual, and the
other to return information to the PTO Carry Over process. You can optionally create a
third formula if you want to use the Batch Element Entry (BEE) to make absence entries
against accrual plans. This formula is called by BEE to check whether an employee is
eligible to use accrued PTO.
See: Accrual Formulas, Oracle HRMS Compensation and Benefits Management Guide

Benefits Administration
You can use Oracle FastFormula to augment the system's benefits administration
features. Use formulas to configure your plan design to the requirements of your
enterprise. For example, you can write a formula to calculate benefits eligibility for
those cases where eligibility determination is most complex.

QuickPaint Reports
In the Define QuickPaint Report window, you can paste database items from a list into
the Report Definition area and enter free text to label the data. When you save your
QuickPaint Report definition, a formula is generated automatically. Formulas generated
from QuickPaint do not include conditional logic or calculations. You may want to add
these features, for example to sum up compensation elements or to report different data
for different assignments.

Validation of Element Inputs or User Tables


You can use Oracle FastFormula to validate user entries into element input values using
lookups or maximum and minimum values. However, if you need more complex
validation, you can write a formula to check the entry.
You can also use a formula to validate entries into user tables that you define.

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Assignment Sets
When you define assignment sets in the Assignment Set window, Oracle FastFormula
generates a formula to define an assignment set from the criteria entered. However, you
may want to change the sequence in which the set criteria are checked for each
assignment.

Absence Duration
You can write a formula to calculate the duration of an absence from the start and end
dates and times. Your localization team may have created a default formula, but you
can override this with your own version.

Configuring People Management Templates


There are several ways you can use formulas to configure the people management
templates:
• A Template Validation formula can check values entered in a field.

• A Template Information formula can specify information to be displayed from the


right mouse menu when a user right-clicks in a field.

• A QuickPaint formula can return a text string to display in the Assignment field on
the Maintenance window and in the Data Organizer.

• A QuickPaint formula can return message tokens that you can use in a notification
message issued from template forms.

Calling FastFormula from PL/SQL


You can call formulas from PL/SQL applications. This enables direct access to data
items and makes it possible to develop custom code for localized business rules.
More detailed information about calling FastFormula from PL/SQL can be found in the
technical essay Calling FastFormula from PL/SQL, Oracle HRMS Implementation Guide.

Oracle Business Intelligence Systems (BIS) Reports


Using formulas you can configure your HRMS BIS reports so that they answer the
business questions which are important to your enterprise. You can:
• Define how workforce should be counted within your enterprise for the Workforce
reports.

• Set up information about how you want to record and report on regular and

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overtime hours for the Hours Worked Analysis report.

• Set up the standard hours for your enterprise for the Absence Analysis report.

Collective Agreements
Using formulas you can calculate whether a person is eligible to receive a collective
agreement entitlement. This can be used when defining an eligibility profile to be used
in conjunction with a collective agreement, instead of selecting criteria elements. You
select the formula as a rule when defining the eligibility profile.

Global Person Numbering


When you select automatic local numbering for employees, applicants, or contingent
workers, Oracle HRMS allocates person numbers from a sequence that is specific to the
business group. When you select global numbering, Oracle HRMS allocates person
numbers from a single sequence to workers of the relevant type throughout the
enterprise.
You can replace the default local or global person number sequence with a custom
global sequence by defining a formula for each person type, as appropriate. You may
want to use a formula to provide an alphanumeric numbering scheme, for example, or
some other variation of the default scheme for any or all person types. For example, you
could use a custom global sequence for employees but use the default local or global
sequence for applicants and contingent workers. Alternatively, you could use a custom
sequence for all three person types by defining three formulas.

Employment Categories for EEO Reports (US only)


For the EEO4 and EEO5 reports you can use Oracle FastFormula to create a formula of
employment categories. You can define a formula for each business group and the EEO
reports will pick the list of employment categories from the formula.

Competency, Objective, and Appraisal Ratings


You can use Oracle FastFormula to:
• Calculate a rating for each competency in a worker's appraisal.

• Calculate a rating for each objective in a worker's appraisal.

• Calculate a total score for the appraisal based on the final scores for competencies
and objectives.

See: Writing Formulas for Rating Competencies and Objectives, page 1-143

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Introduction to Formula Components
The following information uses a series of examples to help you understand how to use
different components to build your Oracle formulas.
To start with a simple example, suppose you wanted to calculate the pay value for the
element Wage by multiplying the number of hours an employee works each week by
hourly rate. You could write this formula:
wage = hours_worked * hourly_rate

RETURN wage

Note: If you want to know the rules which govern the use of a specific
component, refer to Formula Reference.

Assignment and Return Statements


The first line is an Assignment statement that simply assigns a value to the element Wage.
The second line is a Return statement that passes back the Wage value to the payroll run.

Constants and Variables


In this example, the Wage value is calculated, but it could be a constant value, such as:
wage = 200. To calculate the Wage value, Oracle FastFormula needs to get values for
the variables hours_worked and hourly_rate. They are called variables because they can
contain different values depending, in this example, on which assignment the payroll
run is processing.

Data Types
Both variables and constants can be one of three data types:
• numeric

• text

• date

The variables in the Wage example are numeric.

Types of Input
We have said that Oracle FastFormula needs to get values for the variables
hours_worked and hourly_rate. There are three ways it can do this:

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• Receiving them as input when the formula is called.

• Finding the values in the database from database items.

• Using global values, which you enter in the Globals window.

To use a database item or global value in your formula, you simply refer to it by name.
You can browse through lists of database items in the Formulas window. To use a value
passed to the formula at run time, you must write an Inputs statement.

Input Statements
In our Wage example, suppose that hours_worked is an input value to the element
Wage. To pass the element input values to the formula during a payroll run, you define
an Inputs statement, as follows:
INPUTS ARE hours_worked

wage = hours_worked * hourly_rate

RETURN wage

The name you use in the Inputs statement must be the same as the name of the element
input value, and multiple words must be joined by underscores. In this example, the
input value hours_worked is numeric. If the input value is not numeric, you must tell
Oracle FastFormula whether it is text or date. For example:
INPUTS ARE start_date (date)

Database Items
Suppose that hourly_rate is a standard rate taken from the Grade Rates table. This is an
example of a database item. A database item has a label, or special piece of code, telling
Oracle FastFormula the path to take to access the data. Oracle HRMS produces most of
the database items you need without you taking any special action. These items include
both information unique to your enterprise, which you hold in flexfield segments, and
standard information such as assignment numbers and grades.
In the Formulas window, you pick database items from a list. You will see that the
name of the database item for a grade rate called hourly_rate is actually
grade_hourly_rate_value. This is the name you must use in your formula.
By this naming convention, Oracle FastFormula knows that hourly_rate is a database
item from the Grade Rate table. But how does it know which hourly_rate to use from
this table? It works this out from the context the payroll run provides for each element
entry. The context identifies:
• the Business Group

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• the element and element link

• the payroll and payroll run

• the employee and employee assignment.

Important: You should use an Inputs statement in preference to


database items where possible because this is more efficient.
See: Writing Efficient Payroll Calculation Formulas, page 1-19.

Global Variables
Use global values to store information that does not change often, but you refer to
frequently, such as Company Name, or company-wide percentages used to calculate
certain types of bonus. You define the global value and change its value using the
Globals window.
See: Defining Global Values, page 1-154

Local Variables
Local variables exist in one formula only. You can change the value of a local variable
by assigning it a value in an Assignment statement. In the Wage example, the variable
wage itself is a local variable. It receives a value within the formula by the Assignment
statement:
wage = hours_worked * hourly_rate

Note: You cannot change the value of input values, database items, or
global values within a formula.

Functions
The Assignment statement in the wages example above uses a simple multiplication to
calculate the value of the wages element. You can also use addition, subtraction,
division, and a number of functions. For example:
bonus = GREATEST(days_at_work,163) + bonus_rate

Here the function GREATEST tells Oracle FastFormula to use the value of the variable
days_at_work, if it is greater than 163, and otherwise to use the constant 163.
The data type of variables and constants determines how operators and functions act on
the values. For example, the addition operator (+) can be used with numeric or text
data, while division can be used with numeric data only.
There are special functions that convert variables from:

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• numbers to text (TO_TEXT)

• dates to text (TO_TEXT)

• text to date (TO_DATE)

• text to number (TO_NUM)

See: Functions, page 1-33

Nested Expressions
The Assignment statement can use as many arithmetic operators and functions as you
require. Each function or calculation is one expression, and you can nest expressions to
create more complex calculations. You must use brackets to make clear to Oracle
FastFormula the order in which the calculations are performed. For example:
ANNUAL_BONUS = trunc(((((salary_amount/100)*

bonus_percentage)/183)*(days_between(end_period_date,

start_date) + 1)), 2)

Oracle FastFormula begins calculating inside the brackets and from left to right, in the
following steps:
1. salary_amount/100

2. 1. * bonus_percentage

3. 2. / 183

4. days_between (end_period_date, start_date)

5. 4. + 1

6. 3. * 5.

7. TRUNC(6.,2)

Notice that TRUNC is another function. It rounds a numeric value down to the number
of decimal places specified after the comma (two in this case).

Incorporating Conditions
In our simple Wage element example, only one value is returned, and it is calculated in
the same way for every assignment. However you may need to perform different
calculations depending on the particular group of employee assignments, or the time of
the year, or some other factors. You can do this by incorporating conditions in your
formula.

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Simple Conditions
For example:
IF age < 20 THEN

training_allowance = 30

ELSE

training_allowance = 0

The formula checks whether the condition (age < 20) is true or false. If it is true, the
formula processes the statement that follows the word THEN. If the condition is not
true, the formula ignores this statement and processes any statement that follows the
word ELSE. The ELSE clause is optional.

Complex Conditions
In the example above, the condition compares a variable (age) to a constant (20). The
condition can be more complex, comparing expressions that contain functions and
arithmetic operators. For example:
IF (DAYS_BETWEEN(end_period_date, start_date)+1) >= threshold

DAYS_BETWEEN is another function.


We have seen two comparators: less than (<) and greater than or equal to (>=). A full list
of the comparators you can use appears in the Reference section.
See: Formula Reference, page 1-23

WAS DEFAULTED
There is a special type of condition called WAS DEFAULTED. Use this to test whether a
default value has been placed in an input value or database item. Default values are
placed using the Default statement. For example:
DEFAULT FOR hourly_rate IS 3.00

X = hours_worked * hourly_rate

IF hourly_rate WAS DEFAULTED

THEN

MESG = 'Warning: hourly rate defaulted'

In this example, if the database item hourly_rate is empty (NULL), the formula uses the
default value of 3.00 and issues a warning message.

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Combined Conditions
You can combine conditions using the logical operators AND, OR, NOT.
• Use AND if you want an action to occur when more than one condition is true. For
example:
IF (days_between(end_period_date, start_date) + 1) >= 183

AND employee_status = 'FULL TIME'

THEN . . .

• Use OR if you want an action to occur when any one of two or more conditions is
true. For example:
IF stock_level < 10000

OR order_size >= 1500

THEN . . .

• Use NOT if you want an action to occur when a condition is not true. For example:
IF NOT (months_between(purchase_date, system_date) => 60

THEN . . .

As with Assignment statements, you may need to use brackets to tell Oracle
FastFormula in which order to test conditions. By default, NOT has the highest
precedence, followed by AND then OR. So the following condition:
IF X = 6 AND NOT Y = 7 OR P >= 6

is interpreted as:
IF ((X = 6) AND (NOT (Y = 7))) OR (P >= 6)

How you use brackets can change dramatically the meaning of a formula.

Tip: Use brackets whenever you create multiple conditions, so that the
meaning of the formula is clear to other readers.

Multiple Actions Based On Conditions


We have seen how to make conditions more complex. You can also make the actions
performed as complex as you like. In our simple example above, the result of the
condition was the assignment of a value to the variable training_allowance. As well as

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assigning values, you can perform calculations and return values.
For example, suppose you must check whether there are sufficient funds in a bank
account before processing a withdrawal:
INPUTS ARE acct_balance,

acct (text),

debit_amt

IF acct_balance >= debit_amt

THEN

new_balance = acct_balance - debit_amt

RETURN new_balance

ELSE

message = 'Account No. ' + acct + ' - Insufficient Funds'

message2 = 'Account Balance is ' + TO_TEXT(acct_balance)

RETURN message, message2

Notice that you can return two variables in the same Return statement.

Important: The brackets following THEN and ELSE are essential when
you have multiple actions based on a condition. Without them, Oracle
FastFormula processes the first statement conditionally and the other
statements unconditionally.

Formula Writing Techniques


When writing formulas there are a number of techniques you should follow to ensure
your formulas are easy to read, use and understand.

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Commenting Formula
It is good practice to include comments in your formulas to explain to other people
what the formula does.
So, for example, you can name your formula:
/* Formula: Attendance Bonus */

and write an explanation of your formula:


/* Use this formula to calculate the annual bonus for

clerical staff. Employees receive either a percentage of

their salary (if they have been present for 183 or more

days in the last six months), or a pro rata bonus (if they

have been in attendance for less than 183 days in the last

six months). */

Oracle FastFormula ignores everything between the comment delimiters: /* and */. You
can place comments anywhere in a formula without affecting the formula's
performance.

Caution: Do not put a comment within a comment. This causes Oracle


FastFormula to return a syntax error.

You can use a comment to explain what part of your formula does. So, for example, you
might want a comment explaining who decides the bonus percentage:
INPUTS ARE salary_amount,

start_date (date),

end_period_date (date),

bonus_percentage /* decided at board level */

You can also use comments to `comment out' parts of the formula you do not currently
want to use. So, for example, you can include a fifth input of employee_status, ensuring
that employees with a status of full time are awarded a bonus. However, as you do not
yet have a range of statuses, you do not currently need the fifth input.
INPUTS ARE salary_amount,

start_date (date),

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end_period_date (date),

bonus_percentage /* decided at board level */

/* employee_status (text) */

Use comments and white space freely when entering formulas. This makes the formulas
easier to read and understand, and has no effect on performance or memory usage. Use
indentation for the same reason, especially when you are using brackets to control the
order of processing.
It is good practice to include the following information in a comment at the beginning
of a formula:
• Formula title and short statement of its purpose

• Description of formula inputs

• List of variables and constants that may require updating

• Description of the input values of the element that receives the formula's direct
result

• Explanation of the formula's calculations

• Administrative information such as the name, address and telephone number of an


office administering the earnings, deduction, or charge the formula affects

• The dates of formula modifications, the names of those entering the edits, and
possibly the reasons for change

Alias Statements
Database items are named by the system when it creates them, and sometimes these
names are too long to conveniently use in a formula. You cannot shorten the name of a
database item (or a global value) itself, but you can set up an alternative shorter name to
use within the formula. For example:
ALIAS as_overtime_qualifying_length_of_service AS ot_qls

In the rest of the formula, you can use the alias (in this example, ot_qls) as if it were the
actual variable.

Important: Using an Alias is more efficient than assigning the database


item to a local variable with a short name.

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Default Statements
Use the Default statement to set a default value for an input value or a database item.
The formula uses the default value if the database item is empty or no input value is
provided when you run the formula. For example:
DEFAULT FOR hourly_rate IS 3.00

X = hours_worked * hourly_rate

IF hourly_rate WAS DEFAULTED

THEN

MESG = 'Warning: hourly rate defaulted'

This example sets a default of 3.00 for the database item hourly_rate. If hourly_rate is
empty (NULL) in the database, the formula uses the default value of 3.00. The formula
uses the 'WAS DEFAULTED' test to detect when a default value is used, in which case it
issues a warning message.

Important: You must use the Default statement for database items that
can be empty. The Database Items window includes a check box
labelled Default Required. This check box is checked for database items
that can be empty. The Database Items window appears when you
choose the Show Items button on the Formulas window.

Writing Efficient Payroll Calculation Formulas


The following guidelines are generally true for typical payroll runs:
• The longer an element's formula, the longer its processing time.

• The more elements entered for an assignment, the longer its processing time.

• One element associated with a lengthy formula usually processes faster than two
related elements each associated with a short formula.

• The overall number of elements and formulas in the system has little effect on
processing efficiency. It is the number of elements per assignment that affects
processing time.

Variable Names and Aliases


To improve readability use names that are brief yet meaningful. Name length has no
effect on performance or memory usage. Use Aliases if the names of database items or

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global values are long.

Input Statements
Use Input statements rather than database items whenever possible. This improves
formula processing by as much as a factor of ten. It speeds up the running of your
payroll by eliminating the need to access the database for the input values.
Inefficient:
Salary = Salary_annual_salary / 12

RETURN Salary

Efficient:
INPUTS ARE Annual_salary

Salary = Annual_salary / 12

RETURN Salary

Date Literals
Use the TO_DATE function only when the operand is a variable.
Inefficient:
Start_date = TO_DATE ( '1992-01-12 00:00:00' )

Efficient:
Start_date = '1992-01-12 00:00:00' (date)

Single Expressions
Use a single expression in straightforward formulas where this does not lead to
confusion.
Inefficient:
Temp = Salary / Annualizing_factor

Tax = Temp * 3

Efficient:
Tax = (Salary / Annualizing_factor) * 3

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Database Items
Do not refer to database items until you need them. People sometimes list at the top of a
formula all the database items the formula might need, thinking this helps Oracle
FastFormula process more quickly. However, this in fact slows processing by causing
unnecessary database calls.
Inefficient:
S = Salary

A = Age

IF S < 20000 THEN

IF A < 20 THEN

Training_allowance = 30

ELSE

Training_allowance = 0

Efficient:
IF Salary < 20000 THEN

IF Age < 20 THEN

Training_allowance = 30

ELSE

Training_allowance = 0

The first example always causes a database fetch for Age whereas the second only
fetches Age if Salary is less than 20000.

Balance Dimensions for UK HRMS


Wherever possible, use balance dimensions for single assignments only in formulas.
Multiple assignments require more calculation, leading to slower processing time. The
number of genuine multiple assignments in a payroll is not normally high, and the
presence of a small number does not lead to any significant increase in overall
processing time. There could be a problem, however, if you unnecessarily link balance
dimensions for multiple assignments into general formulas.

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Proration Formulas for UK HRMS
You set up proration formulas to enable element values to be calculated accurately if
they change during a payroll period, for example, if an employee leaves the company or
if their pay rate changes.
For more detailed information on proration, see the Technical Essay entitled Proration
available on MetaLink (Technical Libraries/Human Resources Management
Systems/Payroll/Documentation/United Kingdom).

FastFormula Assistant Overview


The FastFormula Assistant provides a fast and easy way to create, edit, and copy
formulas. This wizard uses an intuitive OA Framework-based interface that guides you
through the various tasks of writing a formula, such as including generic formula text,
functions, and database items in your formula.
Use the FastFormula Assistant to quickly:
• Generate specific FastFormula templates based on formula types

• Include the required functions and database items in the formula text

• Download formula text into a file for making changes using an external editor and
upload it back

• Generate line numbers for formula text so that you can easily locate errors

• Choose and compile multiple formulas

If you are new to formulas or want to make changes without keeping date-tracked
records of your formulas, you can use FastFormula Assistant. You can also use the
Formula window to create and update formulas. The application keeps the date-tracked
history of all the formulas you create and update using the Formula window.
Writing or Editing a Formula, page 1-146
You can access FastFormula Assistant using one of the following options in the HRMS
Navigator menu. Your system administrator may restrict your access to either option
depending on the security requirements of your enterprise:
• Global FastFormula Assistant, which provides access to formulas across all business
groups, allowing you to copy a formula from one business group to another and
view formulas from all business groups. However, you can update only those
formulas that are within your own business group.

• FastFormula Assistant, which provides access to all formulas in the current


business group only.

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Formula Reference

Formula Reference
Formulas comprise statements and comments. Statements are instructions telling Oracle
FastFormula how to process constants and variables, which are the basic information
units in a formula. The two key types of statement, which describe the formula's
calculations, are the Assignment statement and the If statement. These statements can
include expressions,which manipulate constants and variables using arithmetic operators
and functions. The operators and functions you can use and the results they give depend
upon the data type of the constants and variables. In If statements, one expression can
be compared to another using comparators to create a condition. Conditions can be
combined using logical operators.
There are rules about how you use each of these components. Refer to the component
description for more detailed information.
An example of each of these formula components is identified in the sample formula.

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Components in a Sample Formula

Input Values in Payroll Formulas


In many formulas for calculating pay, some or all of the information you need comes
from the input values of the element.
For example, suppose you pay some salaried employees using a recurring element
called Salary. The Salary element has an input value called annual_salary. You need a
formula that divides the input value into twelve parts:
INPUTS ARE annual_salary

Salary = annual_salary/12

RETURN Salary

Important: When you use an Inputs statement, you need to make sure

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that none of the input values can have a value of null because this
causes the formula to fail. You can avoid this problem by using the
Default statement.

Using an Inputs statement is the most efficient way to access the input values of the
element with which the formula is associated. However, if the formula uses the input
values of other elements, it must access the database items for them.
For example, if you want to use the input value annual_salary in the formula to
calculate the element Bonus, you use the database item as follows:
IF Salary_annual_salary > 20000

THEN

Bonus = bonus_rate * (sales_achieved - sales_threshold)

Notice that the database item name is in two parts: the input value (annual_salary)
name prefixed by the element name (Salary). This is the naming convention for the
database items of element input values.

Multiple Entries of Element Input Values


When you define an element, you can enable multiple entries of the element within a
payroll period.
For example, suppose you use the element Wages to pay some weekly-paid employees.
The Wages element has the input value hours_worked. Each week, you regularly make
five entries for the input value hours_worked.
To calculate Wages, you can multiply the hours worked each day by the employee's
standard rate from the grade rates table, so that your formula looks like this:
INPUTS ARE hours_worked

Wages = hours_worked * standard_rate

RETURN Wages

During the payroll run, the formula processes five times, creating five separate pay
values, one for each entry.
Now consider using the database item Wages_hours_worked instead of an Inputs
statement. The database item for an entry value sums up all the entries made in the
payroll period.
This is a great convenience when referring to input value totals for a payroll period.
However, you must be sure that it is the totals that you want to use. In this example,
using the database item produces the wrong result.

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Wages_hours_worked gives a single value that is the sum of the five entries in each
weekly payroll period. When the payroll runs, the formula processes five times, each
time calculating wages using the total hours worked in the week.

Important: If multiple entries are enabled for an element, be careful


when using database items for the element's entry values. These
database items hold the sum of all the entries. This includes entries
made as indirect formula results during the payroll run.

Database Items for Numeric Values Only


Entry value database items are not created for input values with units of character, date,
or time when multiple entries are enabled for the element. This is because entry values
of these types cannot be summed over the payroll period. Only numeric values can be
summed. Numeric input values are those with units of:
• Hours

• Integer

• Money

• Number

Notice that other database items, such as default, minimum, or maximum, may be
created for non-numeric input values.

Constants
Every piece of information that you can manipulate or use in a formula is a constant or
a variable.
The data type of a constant or variable describes what kind of data the constant or
variable holds. Generally, you use constant and variables of the same data type in an
expression.
Constants are actual values you use in a formula. Oracle FastFormula uses constants
directly rather than holding them in a variable.
There are three types of constant:
• numeric

• text

• date

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Numeric Constants
Enter numeric constants without quotes. Precede negative numbers with a minus sign
(-). Numbers may have a decimal component after a decimal point. Do not use
exponents and floating point (scientific) notations. So, for example, you cannot use 22 or
10e1.24 as numeric constants. Do not use commas or spaces in a number. So, for
example, you cannot use 10,000 or 10 000.00 numeric constants.
Examples of valid numeric constants are:
• 63

• 3.55

• -2.3

• - 0.33

• - .2

• 10000

Text Constants
Enclose text constants in single quotes. They may contain spaces. You can represent the
single quote character in a text constant by writing it twice (''). Note that this is not the
same as the double quote ("). Examples of valid text constants are:
• `J. Smith'

• `P O''Donnell'

• `1234'

• `Manager'

• `12 Union Road'

• `The Bonus this year is 23%'

Date Constants
Date constants contain a date. Enclose dates in single quotes and follow immediately
with the word date, in brackets. Use the format YYYY-MON-DD HH24:MI:SS or
DD-MON-YYYY. It is recommended that you use the first format if you want to
compile the formula under different language settings.
Examples of valid date constants are:

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• `1989-03-12 00:00:00' (date)

• `12-MAR-1989' (date)

Variables
You use variables in a formula to access information. Variables can have frequently
changing values.
The data type of a variable determines the type of information the variable holds:
• numeric

• text

• date

You do not have to specify what type you want a variable to be. Oracle FastFormula
works out the type from how you use the variable. For example, if you set a variable to
`J. Smith', this is interpreted as a text variable.
The system also warns you if you try to perform any inconsistent operations, such as
trying to add a number to a text string.
There are three classes of variable in Oracle FastFormula:
• Local Variable - Variables that occur in a single formula only.

• Global Value - Values that can occur in any formula.

• Database Item - Items that exist in the application's database.

The variable class determines how a formula uses it.

Local Variables
Local variables occur in a single formula only. You can change a local variable within the
formula by assigning a value to it using an Assignment statement.
You can use local variables to store data in a formula. You might want to hold data
temporarily while you perform some other calculations, or to pass data back to the
application.
Below is an example showing the use of a local variable, annual_leave.
/* Formula: Annual Leave Formula */

IF years_service >= 10

THEN

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annual_leave = 25

ELSE

annual_leave = 20 + FLOOR (years_service/2)

RETURN annual_leave

Global Values
Global values are visible from within any formula. Use global values to store information
that does not change often, but you refer to frequently, such as company name, or a
location allowance that applies to many employees. Global values are datetracked so
you can make date effective changes ahead of time.
You can never change a global value using a formula. You alter global values using the
Globals window. The global value is the same across all formulas within a Business
Group.
See: Defining Global Values, page 1-154
Below is an example using a global value.
/* Formula: HAZARD ALLOWANCE FORMULA */

IF basic_hours > hazard_limit

THEN

hazard_allowance = 2.30

ELSE

hazard_allowance = 2.00

RETURN hazard_allowance

In this example, hazard_limit is a global value, which has been preset to reflect the point
at which workers' hazard payment increases.

Database Items
Database items exist in the application database and have a label, hidden from users, that
the system uses to find the data.
There are two types of database item:
• Static database items are predefined. They include standard types of information,
such as the sex, birth date, and work location of an employee, or the start and end

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dates of a payroll period.

• Dynamic database items are generated from your definitions of:


• elements

• balances

• absence types

• grade rates and pay scale rates

• flexfield segments

The name of your element, pay and input values, balance, absence type, grade rate, pay
scale rate, or flexfield segment becomes part of the name of the generated database
item. This helps you identify the database item you need when you display a list of all
available items in the Formulas window.
Definitions of flexfield segments only become database items when you initiate the
Declare Descriptive Flexfield process from the Submit Requests window. The other
definitions become database items immediately when you save them to the database.
See:
Static Database Items, page 1-63
Dynamic Database Items, page 1-87.
Database items are specific to the context in which you use them. For example, using the
database item hourly_rate gives the appropriate hourly rate for the specific assignment
being processed.
Like global values, database item values cannot be changed within a formula.

Rules for Determining Variable Class and Data Type


The rules that determine the data type and class of variables in a formula are:
1. The variable can be an input you name in the Inputs statement. For example:
INPUTS ARE salary_amount,

start_date (date)

frequency (text)

If you do not specify the variable type in the statement, Oracle FastFormula
assumes it is numeric.

2. If the variable is not an input, Oracle FastFormula looks in the list of global values

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the first time the variable occurs. If the variable is in the list, Oracle FastFormula
determines the data type from there.

3. If the variable is not in the list, Oracle FastFormula searches the list of database
items. Again, if it is in the list, Oracle FastFormula knows the data type.

4. Finally, if Oracle FastFormula does not find the variable in either the global values
or the database items, then it treats the variable as a local variable. It determines the
data type from the way you use the variable.

Notice that if the variable is either a global value or a database item, then any attempt in
your formula to alter the value of the variable causes an error.
If the variable is a local variable, it does not contain a value when it is first used in the
formula. Therefore you must assign a value to the variable before you try to use it in a
condition or expression. If you fail to assign a value, Oracle FastFormula fails when you
attempt to verify or run the formula.

Tip: To avoid a failure, assign values to your local variables when they
first appear in your formula.

Naming Variables
Variables have names comprising one or more words. The words must be joined by
underscores. The words must each start with an alphabetic character (A-Z) and can be
followed by alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9). The maximum size of a variable name
is 80 characters.
Oracle FastFormula is not sensitive to case. So, for example, the variable called
EMPLOYEE_NAME is the same as the variable Employee_name.
The following reserved words cannot be used as the names of variables:

ALIAS AND ARE AS

DEFAULT DEFAULTED ELSE EXECUTE

FOR IF INPUTS IS

NOT OR RETURN THEN

USING WAS

Also, any word consisting only of digits, as these could be mistaken for numbers.
You may find that the name of a database item or global value is too long to use

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conveniently in your formula. You can set up an alternative, shorter name for use
within a formula. You set this up using the Alias statement.
See: Statements, page 1-54

Expressions
Expressions combine constants and variables with arithmetic operators (+, -, *, /) and
functions to return a value of a certain data type. For example, the expression (3 + 2)
returns a value of 5, and is of numeric data type.
The format of an expression is:
SUBEXPRESSION [operator SUBEXPRESSION ...]

This means that a number of 'subexpressions' can combine in a single expression. For
example, the subexpressions (3 + 2) and MONTHS_BETWEEN(start_date, end_date)
can combine in a single expression as follows:
(3 + 2) + MONTHS_BETWEEN(start_date, end_date)

Expressions can also be used inside functions, as in the following example:


salary = GREATEST(minimum_wage, (hourly_rate * hours_worked))

Data Type of Expressions


The rules for determining the data type of an expression are simple. Operands in an
expression are normally of the same data type, and this is normally the data type of the
expression as a whole. For example, in the following expression all the operands are
numeric and the expression itself is numeric:
GREATEST(minimum_wage, (hourly_rate * hours_worked))

There are some exceptions to this. For example:


DAYS_BETWEEN(date1, date2)

MONTHS_BETWEEN(date1, date2)

These have date operands, but return a numeric value.


So the expression:
4 + days_between(start_date, todays_date)

returns a numeric result.

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Arithmetic Operators
An expression may contain arithmetic operators, which determine how variables and
constants are manipulated. For example, the operator "+" indicates that two items
should be added together.
The division, subtraction, and multiplication operators can only be used with numeric
operands. The operands can be variables, constants, or subexpressions. A formula error
occurs if:
• the result of subtraction is too large a negative number

• the result of multiplication is too large

• the second operand of a division evaluates to zero

In both cases, 'too large' here is determined by the normal limits in the ORACLE
database.
The addition operator can be used with numeric or text operands. If the result is greater
than 240 characters, a formula error occurs.
Notice that you enclose text constants in single forward quotes only ('), not double
quotes ("). For example, the statements:
string1 = 'will '

result_string = 'Pigs ' + string1 + 'fly'

set the local variable result_string to 'Pigs will fly'.

Functions
Oracle FastFormula provides functions that manipulate data in different ways. Some
functions work on only one type of data, some can work on two, others work on all
three data types.
The functions are described below, separated into the three data types and functions
that convert between data types. Where a function returns a different data type result
than the data type of its operands, the description explains this.
Some functions retrieve data from Oracle Applications tables. These are described in the
sections: Functions To Get Values from Tables, and Functions for Accrual Type
Formulas. Some functions enable you to set and use globals in SQL*Plus. They are
described in the section: Functions to Set and Get Globals.
The general form of a function is:
NAME OF FUNCTION(operand, operand, . .)

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Notice that, as with the operators, the operands of a function can be variables,
constants, or complete expressions. If the operand is a text string, you must enclose it in
quote marks.

Text Functions

CHR
CHR(n)
The CHR function returns the character having the binary equivalent to number
operand n in the database character set.
Example
/* CHR (10) used to add a newline to the end of REPORT_TEXT2. */

REPORT_TEXT2 = 'Warning the Transaction Limit has been exceeded'

DEBUG
DEBUG(expr)
This function accepts a string and uses a DBMS_OUTPUT statement to output the string
to the console. Use this function when you are testing a new formula to track its
processing and identify where it is failing.

GREATEST
GREATEST(expr, expr [, expr] . . .)
GREATEST_OF(expr, expr [, expr] . . .)
The GREATEST function compares the values of all the text string operands. It returns
the value of the operand that is alphabetically last. If there are two or more operands
that meet the criteria, Oracle FastFormula returns the first.

INITCAP
INITCAP(expr)
The INITCAP function returns the expression expr with the first letter of each word in
uppercase, all other letters in lowercase. Words are delimited by white space or
characters that are not alphanumeric.

INSTR
INSTR(expr1,expr2[,n[,m]])
The INSTR searches expr1 beginning with its nth character for the nth occurrence of
expr2 and returns the position of the character in expr1 that is the first character of this

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occurrence. If n is negative, Oracle FastFormula counts and searches backward from the
end of expr1. The value of m must be positive. The default values of both n and m are 1,
meaning Oracle FastFormula begins searching at the first character of expr1 for the first
occurrence of expr2. The return value is relative to the beginning of expr1, regardless of
the value of n, and is expressed in characters. If the search is unsuccessful (if expr2 does
not appear m times after the nth character of expr1) the return value is 0.

INSTRB
INSTRB(expr1,expr2[,n[,m]])
The same as INSTR, except that n and the return value are expressed in bytes, rather
than in characters. For a single-byte database character set, INSTRB is equivalent to
INSTR.

LEAST
LEAST(expr, expr [, expr] . . .)
LEAST_OF(expr, expr [, expr] . . .)
The LEAST function compares the values of all the text string operands. It returns the
value of the operand that is alphabetically first. If there are two or more operands that
meet the criteria, Oracle FastFormula returns the first.

LENGTH
LENGTH(expr)
The LENGTH function returns the number of characters in the text string operand expr.

Note: The data type of the result of this function is numeric.

LENGTHB
LENGTHB(char)
The LENGTHB function returns the length of char in characters. If char has datatype
CHAR, the length includes all trailing blanks. If char is null, this function returns null.

LOWER
LOWER(expr)
The LOWER function returns the string operand expr with all letters lowercase. The
return value has the same datatype as the argument expr.

LPAD
(expr, n [,pad])

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The LPAD function returns the text string operand expr left-padded to length n with the
sequence of characters in pad. The default for pad is a blank. If expr is longer than n, then
LPADreturns the portion of expr that fits in n.
Examples:
/* A is set to 'XYXYXhello' */

A = LPAD ('hello, 10, 'XY')

/* A is set to 'hell' */

A = LPAD ('hello', 4 )

LTRIM
(expr [,set])
The LTRIM function returns the text string operand expr with all the leftmost characters
that appear in set removed. The default for set is a blank. If none of the leftmost
characters of expr appear in set then expr is returned
Examples:
/* A is set to 'def' */

A = LTRIM ('abcdef','abc')

/* A is set to 'abcdef' */

A = LTRIM ('abcdef','bc')

REPLACE
(expr, search_string [,replacement_string])
The REPLACE function returns the text string operand expr with every occurrence of
search_string replaced with replacement_string. If replacement_string is omitted or null, all
occurrences of search_string are removed. If search_string is NULL, expr is returned.
REPLACE allows you to substitute one string for another as well as to remove character
strings.
Example:
SELECT REPLACE ('JACK and JUE','J','BL') "Changes"

FROM DUAL

Changes

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-------

BLACK and BLUE

RPAD
(expr, n [,pad])
The RPAD function returns the text string operand expr right-padded to length n with
the sequence of characters in pad. The default for pad is a blank. If expr is longer than n,
then RPADreturns the portion of expr that fits in n.
Examples:
/* A is set to 'helloXYXYX' */

A = RPAD ('hello, 10, 'XY')

/* A is set to 'hell' */

A = RPAD ('hello', 4 )

RTRIM
(expr [,set])
The RTRIM function returns the text string operand expr with all the rightmost
characters that appear in set removed. The default for set is a blank. If none of the
rightmost characters of expr appear in set then expr is returned
Examples:
/* A is set to 'abc' */

A = RTRIM ('abcdef','def')

/* A is set to 'abcdef' */

A = RTRIM ('abcdef','de')

SUBSTRING
SUBSTR(expr, m [,n])
SUBSTRING(expr, m [,n])
The SUBSTRING function returns a substring of the text string operand expr of length n
characters beginning at the mth character. If you omit the third operand, the substring
starts from m and finishes at the end of expr.

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Note: The first operand is a text operand. The second and third
operands are numeric operands. The resulting data type of this
function is text.

Tip: Always check string length before you start to substring. For
example:
/* Check that the tax code starts with GG */

IF length(Tax_code) <= 2

THEN

(message = 'Tax code is too short'

RETURN message

IF substr( Tax_code, 1, 2) = 'GG' THEN ...

Or, to check if Tax_code is a string of at least two characters starting


with 'GG':
IF Tax_code LIKE 'GG%' THEN ...

SUBSTRB
(expr, m [,n])
The same as SUBSTR, except that the arguments m and n are expressed in bytes, rather
than in characters. For a single-byte database character set, SUBSTRB is equivalent to
SUBSTR.

TRANSLATE
(expr, from, to)
The TRANSLATE function returns the text string operand expr with all occurrences of
each character in from replaced by its corresponding character in to. Characters in expr
that are not in from are not replaced. The argument from can contain more characters
than to. In this case, the extra characters at the end of from have no corresponding
characters in to. If these extra characters appear in expr, they are removed from the
return value. Oracle FastFormula interprets the empty string as null, and if this function
has a null argument, it returns null.

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TRIM
TRIM(trim_character FROM trim_source)
The TRIM function allows you to trim heading or trailing characters (or both) from a
character string. If trim_character or trim_source is a character literal, you must enclose it
in single quotes. You can specify LEADING or TRAILING to remove leading or trailing
characters. If you specify none of these, both leading and trailing characters are
removed equal to trim_character.

UPPER
UPPER(expr)
The UPPER function converts a text string to upper case.

Numeric Functions

ABS
ABS(n)
The ABS function returns the magnitude of a numeric operand n as a positive numeric
value.
If the value of the operand is positive, its value returns unchanged. If the operand is
negative then the value's sign inverts, and the value returns as a positive number.
Example:
ABS (-17) returns 17

CALCULATE_HOURS_WORKED
CALCULATE_HOURS_WORKED(n, date1, date2, standard_frequency)
The CALCULATE_HOURS_WORKED function returns the total number of hours
worked in a given date range.
The function works by calculating the total number of hours worked for an employee
between date1 and date2, taking into account that the employee works n hours in the
standard working period standard_frequency. This parameter gives the unit of
measurement for the standard working period. It can be one of:
• W (weekly)

• M (monthly)

• Y (yearly)

Example:

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CALCULATE_HOURS_WORKED (40, 01-FEB-2003, 28-FEB-2003, W) returns 160

This indicates that the employee has worked 160 hours in the month of February 2003,
based on a 40-hour week and taking into account the number of working days in that
month.

FLOOR
FLOOR(n)
The FLOOR function returns the integer part of a numeric operand n.
If the value of the operand contains information after the decimal point, Oracle
FastFormula discards that information and returns a whole number.
Example:
FLOOR(35.455) returns 35

GREATEST
GREATEST(n, n [, n] . . .)
GREATEST_OF(n, n [, n] . . .)
The GREATEST function compares all the operands and returns the largest value.

LEAST
LEAST(n, n [, n] . . .)
LEAST_OF(n, n [, n] . . .)
The LEAST function compares all the operands and returns the smallest value.

POWER
POWER(m,n)
Returns m raised to the nth power. The base m and the exponent n can be any numbers,
but if m is negative, n must be an integer.

ROUND
ROUND(n [, m])
The ROUND function rounds off a numeric value n to m decimal places and a date
depending on the format of m. For numeric values, the first operand is the value Oracle
FastFormula rounds off, the second the number of places Oracle FastFormula rounds
off to. For dates, ROUND returns n rounded to the unit specified by the format model
of m such as Year or Day. Refer to the SQL Language Reference Manual for details of the
valid formats you can specify.
Examples:

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ROUND(2.3401, 2) returns 2.34
ROUND (2.3461, 2) returns 2.35
ROUND (TO_DATE('27-OCT-1992', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 'YEAR') returns 01-JAN-1993

ROUNDUP
ROUNDUP(n [, m])
ROUND_UP(n [, m])
The ROUNDUP function rounds a numeric value n up to m decimal places. The first
operand is the value to be rounded up, the second the number of places to round to. If
the digits after the rounding point are zero, the value is unchanged. If the digits are not
zero, the value is incremented at the rounding point.
Examples:
ROUND_UP(2.3401, 2) returns 2.35
ROUND_UP(2.3400, 2) returns 2.34.

TRUNC
TRUNC(n [, m])
TRUNCATE(n [, m])
The TRUNC function rounds a numeric value n down to m decimal places. The first
operand is the value to be rounded down, the second the number of places to round to.
TRUNC also returns n with the time portion of the day truncated to the unit specified
by the format model of m. If you omit m, d is truncated to the nearest day The default
model, 'DD', returns the date rounded or truncated to the day with a time of midnight.
Oracle FastFormula drops all digits (if any) after the specified truncation point.
Examples:
TRUNC(2.3401, 2) returns 2.34.
TRUNC(TO_DATE('27-OCT-1992', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 'YEAR') returns 01-JAN-1992

Date Functions

ADD_DAYS
ADD_DAYS(date, n)
The ADD_DAYS function adds a number of days to a date. The resulting date accords
with the calendar.

Note: Oracle FastFormula ignores any fractional part of the number n.

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Example:
ADD_DAYS ('30-DEC-1990' (date), 6) returns 5 JAN 1991

ADD_MONTHS
ADD_MONTHS(date, n)
The ADD_MONTHS function adds a number of months to a date. The resulting date
accords with the calendar.

Note: Oracle FastFormula ignores any fractional part of the number n.

ADD_YEARS
ADD_YEARS(date, n)
The ADD_YEARS function adds a number of years to a date. The resulting date accords
with the calendar.

Note: Oracle FastFormula ignores any fractional part of the number n.

GREATEST
GREATEST(date1, date2[, date3] . . .)
The GREATEST function compares all the operands and returns the latest date.

LAST_DAY
LAST_DAY(d)
The LAST_DAY function returns the date of the last day of the month that contains d.
You might use this function to determine how many days are left in the current month.

LEAST
LEAST(date1, date2 [, date3] . . .)
The LEAST function compares all the operands and returns the earliest date.

DAYS_BETWEEN
DAYS_BETWEEN(date1, date2)
The DAYS_BETWEEN function returns the number of days between two dates. If the
later date is first, the result is a positive number. If the earlier date is first, the result is a
negative number. The number returned is also based on the real calendar.

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Note: The result is a numeric data type.

Example:
DAYS_BETWEEN('1995/06/27 00:00:00' (date), '1995/07/03 00:00:00' (date)) returns -5

MONTHS_BETWEEN
MONTHS_BETWEEN(date1, date2)
The MONTHS_BETWEEN function returns the number of months between two dates.
If the later date is first, the result is a positive number. If the earlier date is first, the
result is a negative number. The number returned is also based on the real calendar.
If the result is not a whole number of months (that is, there are some days as well), the
days part is shown as a decimal.

Note: The result is a numeric data type.

NEW_TIME
NEW_TIME(d, zl, z2)
Returns the date and time in zone z2 when the date and time in zone z1 are d. The
arguments z1 and z2 can be any one of these text strings:

AST or ADT Atlantic Standard or Daylight Time

BST or BDT Bering Standard or Daylight Time

CST or CDT Central Standard or Daylight Time

EST or EDT Eastern Standard or Daylght Time

GMT Grenwich Mean Time

HST or HDT Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time or Daylight


Time

MST or MDT Mountain Standard or Daylight Time

NST Newfoundland Standard Time

PST or PDT Pacific Standard or Daylight Time

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YST or YDT Yukon Standard or Daylight Time

NEXT_DAY
NEXT_DAY(d, expr)
The NEXT_DAY function returns the date of the first weekday named by expr that is
later than the date d. The argument expr must be a day of the week in your session's
date language. The return value has the same hours, minutes, and seconds component
as the argument d.

Data Conversion Functions


Use data conversion functions to convert from one data type to another data type. For
example, you could have an expression returning a number value for salary, which you
want to include in a printed message (that is, a character value). To print the number as
part of the message, you need to convert the value of salary from a number to a
character value, using the TO_TEXT function.

CONVERT
(expr, dest_char_set [,source_char_set])
The CONVERT function converts a character string from one character set to another.
The expr argument is the value to be converted. The dest_char_set argument is the name
of the character set to which expr is converted. The source_char_set argument is the name
of the character set in which expr is stored in the database. The default value is the
database character set.

INSTR
(expr1,expr2[,n[,m]])
The INSTR function searches expr1 beginning with its nth character for the mth
occurrence of expr2 and returns the position of the character in expr1 that is the first
character of this occurrence. If n is negative, Oracle FastFormula counts and searches
backwards.

NUM_TO_CHAR
NUM_TO_CHAR(n, format)
Converts the number n from number data type to text data type using the specified
format. This function is equivalent to the SQL TO_CHAR function. For example:
NUM_TO_CHAR(amount, '$9,990.99')

This returns the amount with a leading dollar sign, commas every three digits, and two

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decimal places. Refer to the SQL Language Reference Manual for a full list of the valid
number formats you can specify.

TO_DATE
TO_DATE (expr [, format])
Converts the expression expr of text data type to a date data type. The text expression
must be of the form 'YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS' if no format is provided. The day and
year must be in numeric form. For example:
/* legal */

date_1 = TO_DATE ('12 January 89', 'DD Month YY')

/* illegal */

date_1 = TO_DATE ('12 January Nineteen-Eighty-Nine',

'DD Month Year')

Note: When assigning date variables from constants it is much more


efficient to say:
date_1 = '1989/01/12 00:00:00'(date)

Note: The text expression must be in the format of either


YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS or DD-MON-YYYY if no format is
provided.

TO_NUMBER
TO_NUM(expr)
TO_NUMBER(expr)
Converts the expression expr of text data type to a number data type. The expression
must represent a valid number. So for example, you cannot convert an expression such
as `Type 24' but you can convert the text expression `1234'. For decimal values, you
must always use a period as a decinal point, for example '4.5'.

TO_TEXT
TO_TEXT(n) TO_TEXT (date1 [, format])
TO_CHAR(n) TO_CHAR(date1 [, format])
DATE_TO_TEXT(n) (date1 [, format])

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The TO_TEXT function converts:
• the number n from number data type to text data type. The default number format
has the decinal point as a period, for example '4.5'.

• the date date1 from date data type to text data type. The optional format should be a
text string like 'DD/MM/YYYY'. The default format is 'YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS'.

For example:
birthdate = '21-JAN-1960' (date)

mesg = 'Birthdate is: ' + TO_CHAR (birthdate)

/* sets mesg to 'Birthdate is: 1960/01/21 00:00:00' */

mesg = 'Birthdate is: ' + TO_CHAR (birthdate,

'DD-MON-YY')

/* sets mesg to 'Birthdate is: 21-JAN-60' */

mesg = 'Birthdate is: ' + TO_CHAR (birthdate,

'DD Month Year')

/* sets mesg to 'Birthdate is: 21 January Nineteen-Sixty' */

Functions to Get Values From Tables

GET_LOOKUP_ MEANING
GET_LOOKUP_MEANING(lookup_type , lookup_code)
The GET_LOOKUP_MEANING function enables Oracle FastFormula to translate a
lookup code into a meaning. This can be used for any descriptive flexfield items or
developer flexfield items that are based on lookups.
Example:
GET_LOOKUP_MEANING ('ETH_TYPE', PEOPLE_GB_ETHNIC_ORIGIN)

GET_TABLE_VALUE
GET_TABLE_VALUE(table_name, column_name, row_value [,effective date])
The GET_TABLE_VALUE function returns the value of a cell in a user-defined table.
The three text operands, which identify the cell (table_name, column_name, and
row_value), are mandatory. The date operand is optional. If it is not supplied, the

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function returns the cell value as of the effective date.
You cannot use this function in formulas for user table validation or QuickPaint reports.
Example:
GET_TABLE_VALUE('WAGE RATES', 'Wage Rate', Rate_Code)

RAISE_ERROR
RAISE_ERROR(application_ID, message name)
This function allows you to raise a functional error message from within a formula. It
accepts an Application ID and the message_name of an Oracle Applications error
message to raise.
Example:
ERROR = RAISE_ERROR(800, 'error_name')

RATES_HISTORY
RATES_HISTORY(element or rate type name, date, element or rate type indicator, time
dimension)
This function uses information stored in the UK Element Attribution Information EIT
and information about the assignment's contract type to calculate a payment rate as of
the given date and expressed for the selected time dimension (such as hourly or
annual). If the element or rate type indicator is R, the function sums the rates for all
elements classified with the given rate type (which is stored against the element in the
Rate Type Information EIT).
The time dimension parameter must be A (annual), D (daily), H (hourly), or P
(periodic). The element or rate type parameter must be R (rate type) or E (element).
The function can also adjust the returned rate for FTE and length of service, if these
factors are set to Yes in the Element Attribution Information.

Functions for Accrual Type Formulas


In addition to the standard FastFormula functions, you may find the following
functions useful for your Accrual and Carry Over formulas.

CALCULATE_PAYROLL_PERIODS
This function takes no parameters; it uses the payroll id context. It calculates the
number of payroll periods in one year for that payroll, and sets the global variable
PAYROLL_YEAR_NUMBER_OF_PERIODS to that value. For example, the function
would set the global variable to 12 for a calendar month payroll.
Example:

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E = CALCULATE_PAYROLL_PERIODS

GET_ABSENCE
GET_ABSENCE(calculation date, start date)
This function calculates the total amount of absence contributing to an accrual plan
between two dates. It counts the whole of any absence that:
• has a start date and an end date, and

• starts on or between the two dates given as inputs

Example:
TOTAL_ABSENCE = GET_ABSENCE('01-JAN-1999'(date), '31-DEC-1999'(date))

GET_CARRY_OVER
GET_CARRY_OVER(calculation date, start date)
This function returns the number of days or hours recorded on the Carry Over element
entry with an effective date on or between the two input dates. If more than one
element entry is effective between these dates, the function sums the hours or days.
Carry Over element entries may also have an expiry date, after which any unused carry
over is lost. If the calculation date is after the expiry date, the function checks the
absences taken between start and calculation date. If the person took absences totaling
the carry over, the function returns total carry over because it was all used before it
expired. If absences total less than the carry over, the function returns total absence
time; the rest of the carryover is lost.
For example, if the carry over is 10 days and 6 days absence were taken up to the expiry
date, the function returns 6. The other four days of carry over have expired and been
lost.

GET_NET_ACCRUAL
GET_NET_ACCRUAL(calculation date, plan id, accrual start date, accrual latest balance)
This function calls the accrual formula defined in the accrual plan to return the net
accrual at the calculation date. The following contexts must be available to a formula
calling this function: assignment id, payroll id, business group id, and assignment
action id.

GET_OTHER_NET_CONTRIBUTION
GET_OTHER_NET_CONTRIBUTION(calculation date, start date)
This function calculates the total amount of net contribution other than absences or
carry over between two dates. It looks for element entries for all elements that have

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been added in the Net Calculation Rules window. It sums the days or hours from all
entries with an effective date on or between the two input dates.

GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD
GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD(date)
This function determines the payroll period spanning the input date and sets global
variables containing the start and end date and the period number. It returns 0 if
successful, and otherwise error.
This example shows how to use this function then use the GET_DATE and
GET_NUMBER functions to retrieve the values it sets in the global variables:
E = GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD(Calculation_date)

Calculation_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PAYROLL_PERIOD_START_DATE')

Calculation_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PAYROLL_PERIOD_END_DATE')

Calculation_Period_PNUM = GET_NUMBER('PAYROLL_PERIOD_NUMBER')

GET_ACCRUAL_BAND
GET_ACCRUAL_BAND(number)
This function determines the appropriate accrual band for the specified length of
service. It sets global variables containing the ANNUAL_RATE, UPPER_LIMIT and
CEILING values for the band. ANNUAL_RATE is the amount that should accrue this
accrual term. UPPER_LIMIT is the length of service that must be completed for the
employee to go to the next accrual band. CEILING is the maximum number of hours or
days the employee can accrue at any time. The function returns 0 if successful, and
otherwise error.
This example shows how to use this function then use the GET_NUMBER function to
retrieve the values it sets in the global variables:
IF (GET_ACCRUAL_BAND(Years_Service) = 0 THEN

Annual_Rate = GET_NUMBER('ANNUAL_RATE')

Upper_Limit = GET_NUMBER('UPPER_LIMIT')

Ceiling = GET_NUMBER('CEILING')

ELSE

( ... [processing for error] ....)

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GET_ASSIGNMENT_STATUS
GET_ASSIGNMENT_STATUS(date)
This function determine the assignment status at a given date. It populates the globals
ASSIGNMENT_EFFECTIVE_SD, ASSIGNMENT_EFFECTIVE_ED and
ASSIGNMENT_SYSTEM_STATUS. It returns 0 if successful, and otherwise error.
Example:
ERROR = GET_ASSIGNMENT_STATUS('01-JAN-1999'(date))

GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS
GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS(period start date, period end date)
This function checks the assignment status on each day from period start date to period
end date. It calls the function GET_WORKING_DAYS to calculate the total number of
working days in the period (Mondays to Fridays) and subtracts the number of working
days when the assignment was inactive. It returns the number of inactive working days.

GET_PERIOD_DATES
GET_PERIOD_DATES(date1, unit, date2, number)
This function determines the start and end dates of a period of time with the duration
specified by the unit input and the number (such as 2 months). Valid units are D (days),
M, (months), and W (weeks). The period spans date1 and starts on a date that is a
multiple of the unit duration on from date2 (or backwards from date2).
The function populates the globals PERIOD_START_DATE and PERIOD_END_DATE.
It returns 0 if successful, and otherwise error.
Example:
Error = GET_PERIOD_DATES('1-FEB-1999'(date), 'M', '15-DEC-1998'(date),
1)

This example populates PERIOD_START_DATE with 15-JAN-1999 and


PERIOD_END_DATE with 14-FEB-1999.
An example where the period starts before date2:
Error = GET_PERIOD_DATES('1-FEB-1999'(date), 'M', '15-APR-1999'(date),
2)

This example populates PERIOD_START_DATE with 15-JAN-1999 and


PERIOD_END_DATE with 14-MAR-1999.

GET_START_DATE
GET_START_DATE(accrual start date, start of accrual term)

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This function returns the date at which the accrual formula should start calculating
accruals.
• If there is no payroll balance holding gross accruals, the date is always the start of
the accrual term.

• If there is a payroll balance and there are retrospective absence entries that have not
already been used in an accrual calculation, the function returns the start date of the
earliest of these entries.

• If there is a payroll balance and there are no unprocessed retrospective absence


entries, the function returns accrual start date.
This date, which is passed into the accrual formula, is the day after either the Date
Earned or the Date Paid of the last payroll period in which the assignment was
processed--depending on the PTO Balance Type set for the business group.

Note: Although GET_START_DATE returns the start date of the


earliest of any unprocessed retrospective element entries, this date is
not currently used in the seeded accrual formulas. If
GET_START_DATE finds any unprocessed retrospective element
entries, the formula always calculates accruals from the beginning of
the accrual term.

GET_WORKING_DAYS
GET_WORKING_DAYS(start date, end date)
This function returns the number of working days (Mondays to Fridays) in the period
from start date to end date.

PUT_MESSAGE
PUT_MESSAGE(expr)
This function adds a message to the stack to be output at the end of the formula by the
Accruals form.
Example:
E = PUT_MESSAGE('The assignment is not yet eligible for accrual')

Functions to Call a Formula


These functions allow you to call another formula, either once or in a loop. They require
all the contexts available to the Accruals formula type.

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CALL_FORMULA
CALL_FORMULA(formula name)
This function runs a named formula with no inputs and no outputs.

LOOP_CONTROL
LOOP_CONTROL(formula name)
This function repeatedly calls another formula, which must have the return parameter
'CONTINUE_LOOP'. The loop continues until the function detects a value other than 'Y'
in CONTINUE_LOOP. If it detects 'N', the function returns 0 (success); if it detects
another value, the function returns 1 (error).

Functions to Set and Get Globals


Using the following functions, you can set and use globals in SQL*Plus from within
your formulas.

SET_TEXT, SET_NUMBER, SET_DATE


SET_TEXT(variable name, value)
SET_NUMBER(variable name, value)
SET_DATE(variable name, value)
These functions accept the name of a global variable and the value to be set. They
determine whether the global exists and, if not, create a new global. They return 0 if
successful and 1 if not successful.
Examples:
E = SET_NUMBER('UPPER_LIMT', 0)

E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE', service_start_date)

GET_TEXT, GET_NUMBER, GET_DATE


GET_TEXT(variable name)
GET_NUMBER(variable name)
GET_DATE(variable name)
These functions accept the name of a global variable and return its value. If they cannot
find the global, they return NULL.
Example:
Calculation_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PAYROLL_PERIOD_START_DATE')

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CLEAR_GLOBALS
This function sets to NULL the value of all global variables that were set using
SET_TEXT, SET_NUMBER, and SET_DATE. There are no inputs. It returns 0 if
successful and 1 if not successful.

REMOVE_GLOBALS
This function removes all global variables. There are no inputs. It returns 0 if successful
and 1 if not successful.

ISNULL
ISNULL(variable name)
A set of three functions that test whether a text, numeric, or date value is NULL.
Returns Y if the value is NULL and N otherwise.
Example:
IF IS_NULL(VARIABLE_NAME) = 'Y' THEN

ERROR = SET_NUMBER(VARIABLE_NAME, 0)

Rate By Criteria Function


Use the Rate By Criteria (RBC) function within the Payroll formula attached to the
element to return the RBC rate for which the employee is eligible. The element must be
associated with a criteria rate definition.
RBC_Rate_Retrieval
The function evaluates the eligible rate for an employee by processing the rate matrixes
in the employee's business group.
To call the seeded RBC_Rate_Retrieval function from a formula, declare a local variable
within the Element formula text:
<local variable1> = RBC_Rate_Retrieval()
The function includes predefined contexts, so you include no additional parameters.

Comments
A formula may contain any number of comments, which can be placed anywhere in the
formula.
Comments start with the sequence /* (slash asterisk), and finish with */ (asterisk slash).
Oracle FastFormula ignores all text within these comment delimiters.

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Caution: Do not put a comment within a comment. This causes Oracle
FastFormula to return a syntax error.

Statements
Statements are instructions that Oracle FastFormula carries out. There are six types of
statement you can use:
• Alias statement

• Assignment statement

• Default statement

• If statement

• Inputs statement

• Return statement

An If statement can have Assignment, Return, and other If statements nested within it,
enabling you to build up powerful formulas.

Order of Statements
1. Alias statements (if any)

2. Default statements (if any)

3. Input statement (if any)

4. Other statements

Alias Statement
The format of the Alias statement is:
ALIAS varname1 AS varname2

where varname1 is the name of an existing database item or global value, and varname2
is a unique name not currently known to the system nor used previously in your
formula.
Use the Alias statement to define another name, or alias, for existing variables in the
system. You can declare aliases for database items and global values.
Alias statements must appear before any other statements in a formula.

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Default Statement
The format of the Default statement is:
DEFAULT FOR <varname> IS <constant>

where varname is an input value or database item, and constant is a constant value
matching the data type of varname.
Use the Default statement to set a default value for an input value or database item. The
formula uses the default value if the database item is empty or the input value is not
provided when you run the formula.
You can use the Default statement with the 'WAS DEFAULTED' test to detect when a
default value has been used. For example:
DEFAULT FOR hourly_rate IS 3.00

X = hours_worked * hourly_rate

IF hourly_rate WAS DEFAULTED

THEN

MESG = 'Warning: hourly rate defaulted'

This example sets a default of 3.00 for the database item hourly_rate. If hourly_rate is
empty (NULL) in the database, the formula uses the default value of 3.00 and issues a
warning message.

Important: You must use the Default statement for database items that
can be empty. The Database Items window includes a check box
labelled Default Required. This check box is checked for database items
that can be empty. The Database Items window appears when you click
the Show Items button on the Formulas window.

Inputs Statement
The format of the Inputs statement is:
INPUTS ARE varname1(data type)[, varname2 (data type)] ...

Use the Inputs statement to pass input values from an element into a formula.
For example,
INPUTS ARE bonus (number),

start_date (date)

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You do not need to declare the type of number variables because this is the default data
type. You can define up to 15 input values for an element.
TheInputs statement must appear before the other formula statements except:
• any Alias statements, which must always be at the top of the formula

• any Default statements that provide default values for input values

Input Variables or Database Items


Always use the Inputs statement to retrieve the input values of the element associated
with the formula. Using a database item forces the formula to execute the code and
work out the path to retrieve the database item.
For example, the formula below:
INPUTS ARE wage_rate,

hours_worked

wage = wage_rate * hours_worked

RETURN wage

is more efficient than the second formula:


wage = wage_wage_rate * wage_hours_worked

RETURN wage

Assignment Statement
Use the Assignment statement to set a value for a local variable. The format of the
Assignment statement is:
varname = expression

For example:
rate = hourly_rate + 14

wage = hours_worked * rate

Oracle FastFormula evaluates the expression on the right hand side of the statement,
and places its result in the variable you name on the left hand side. The left side of an
Assignment statement must always be a local variable because a formula can only
change the value of local variables.

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IF Statement
Use the If statement to check a condition that controls whether a sequence of statements
is executed.
There are two clauses in the If statement: the THEN and ELSE clauses.
• The THEN clause lets you define what to do if the conditions are true.

• The ELSE clause lets you define what to do if the conditions are not true.

The If statement is the only statement that can have other statements nested within it,
including other IF statements.

Format of Statement
The format of the If statement is:
IF [NOT] condition

[logical operator] [NOT] condition

THEN

statement [statement ..]

ELSE

statement [statement ..]

The If statement can consist of a single condition, or two or more conditions combined
with logical operators. The logical operators are AND, OR and NOT. The first two
combine the conditions logically, and the third negates a condition:
• The AND operator means that if both conditions are true, then their combination is
true.

• The OR operator means that if either condition is true, then their combination is
true.

• If the NOT operator precedes a condition, this inverts the truth of the condition.
That is, if condition X is true, then NOT X is false.

Format of Conditions
A condition itself has a valid format. This is:
expression comparator expression

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The values represented by each expression are compared together in the way described
by the comparator. The two expressions must both return the same data type. There are
eight comparators, and the way they work depends upon the data type of the values
they are comparing.

Comparator Symbols Data Types Meaning

Equals = All The condition is true


if both expressions
have exactly the same
value. For text, the
case of the expression
must be the same. So,
for example, 'Smith' is
not equal to 'SMITH'.

Not Equal to != All The condition is true


if the result of the first
<> expression does NOT
>< have the same value
as the result of the
second expression.

Greater than > All The condition is true


if the first expression
is alphabetically after,
or has a numerically
greater value, or a
later date than the
second expression.

Less than < All The condition is true


if the first expression
is alphabetically
before, or has a
numerically smaller
value, or an earlier
date than the second
expression.

Greater than or equal >= All The condition is true


to if either the greater
=> than OR the equal to
comparator returns a
true result.

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Comparator Symbols Data Types Meaning

Less than or equal to <= All The condition is true


if either the less than
=< OR the equal to
comparator returns a
true result.

Like LIKE Text The condition is true


if the two text
expressions match
according to the rules
of the LIKE syntax.
You can include
Wildcards in the text
to allow searching for
text that matches a
pattern, or words that
begin with a certain
sequence of letters.

- percent sign (%)


matches any number
of characters in that
position

- underscore (_)
matches a single
character occurrence
in that position.

Not Like NOT LIKE Text The condition is true


if the two text
expressions do NOT
match according to
the rules of the LIKE
syntax.

There is a special comparator called WAS DEFAULTED that you can use to test
database items and input values. If there is no value available for an input value or
database item, the formula uses a default value. The condition containing the WAS
DEFAULTED comparator is True if a default value was used. For example:
DEFAULT FOR employee_middle_name IS ' '

IF employee_middle_name WAS DEFAULTED

THEN

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/* special processing */

Correct Use of Brackets


If you group more than one statement under the THEN or ELSE clauses, enclose the
group of statements within brackets, that is ( and ). In the absence of brackets, Oracle
FastFormula conditionally executes only the statement that immediately follows the
THEN or ELSE clause. Any other statements are executed unconditionally. For
example, when the following formula runs, High_salary is always set to Y:
High_salary = 'N'

IF Salary > 20000

THEN Tax = Salary * .25

High_salary = 'Y'

To prevent this, use brackets as follows:


High_salary = 'N'

IF Salary > 20000

THEN

Tax = Salary * .25

High_salary = 'Y'

Return Statement
Use the Return statement to return values in local variables to the application. Oracle
FastFormula can pass back any number of variables. The variable does not need to
contain a value.
Example:
/* Formula: LONDON ALLOWANCE FORMULA */

INPUTS ARE this_months_extra (number)

London_allowance = (grade_pay/20 + this_months_extra)

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RETURN London_allowance

Notice that you do not have to declare the data type of local variables in the Return
statement (as the formula already knows the data type).
Oracle FastFormula stops executing the formula when it reaches the Return statement.
Any statements after the Return statement are ignored.

Formula Compilation
When you have created or edited a formula in the Formula window, you choose the
Verify button to compile it.
If you need to compile many formulas at the same time, you can run the Bulk Compile
Formulas process in the Submit Requests window. For example, you run this process
when you upgrade your legislative information, which includes formulas.

Note: If you make any changes to a function after you have compiled a
formula that uses it, you need to recompile the formula for the changes
to take effect.

Formula Errors
There are two types of error that can occur when using Oracle FastFormula:
• Verify-time errors occur in the Formulas window when you run the formula
verification. An error message explains the nature of the error.
Common verify-time errors are syntax errors resulting from typing mistakes.

• Run-time errors occur when a problem arises while a formula is running. The usual
cause is a data problem, either in the formula or in the application database.

The basic Oracle FastFormula errors that can occur at run-time are:
• Uninitialized Variables: An uninitialized local variable is one that has no value
when the formula runs. The term 'uninitialized' means you have not assigned any
value to the variable before you try to use it. This causes an error in all statements
except the Return statement. For example:
IF (tax_band < 2000)

THEN tax = salary / 8

IF (tax_band > 2000)

THEN tax = salary / 10

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IF tax > 1000

THEN ...

This formula fails with an 'Uninitialized variable' message (for the variable tax) if
the tax band is set to 2000.

• Divide by Zero: Dividing a number by zero is an operation that provides no logical


result. If this situation ever arises, Oracle FastFormula passes a code back to the
application indicating an error (the application then takes the appropriate action).
Always check for the possibility of a divide by zero error if there is any chance it
could occur. For example, the formula:
x = salary/contribution_proportion

produces an error if the contribution proportion is set to zero. In this formula, check
for the divide by zero condition as follows:
IF contribution_proportion = 0

THEN (message = 'The contribution proportion is not

valid.' RETURN message)

ELSE x = salary/contribution_proportion

• No Data Found: A database item supposed to be in the database was not found.
This represents an error in the application data.

• Too Many Rows: The database item definition within the application caused more
than one value to be fetched from the database.

• Value Exceeded Allowable Range: This can occur for a variety of reasons such as:
• exceeding the maximum allowable length of a string (which is 240 characters)

• rounding up a number to an excessive number of places, for example, round


(1,100)

• using an invalid date, for example, 39-DEC-1990.

• Invalid Number: This occurs only when a database item contains an item that does
not make sense as a number.

• Null Data Found:A database item was found to have a null value when it should
have had a non-null value. Use the Default statement for database items marked as
Default Required in the Database Items window.

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Database Items
This topic lists the database items available to you in Oracle HRMS for writing formulas
and defining QuickPaint reports. The database items are grouped into two listings:
• Static Database Items, page 1-63

• Dynamic Database Items, page 1-87

Static database items are shipped with the system and you cannot modify them.
Dynamic database items are created by Oracle HRMS processes whenever you define
new elements or other related entities.

Static Database Items


Static database items are shipped with the system and you cannot modify them.

Accrual Plan Information

Database item Description

ACP_CARRIED_OVER_DATE The effective date stored in the latest


Carry Over element entry for the
assignment and accrual plan

ACP_CARRIED_OVER_PTO The amount of PTO stored for an


assignment in the latest Carry Over
element entry

ACP_CATEGORY The category of accrual plan

ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE An employee's adjusted service date

ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE The end date of an employee's


enrollment in the accrual plan

ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE The start date of an employee's


enrollment in the accrual plan

ACP_INELIGIBLE_PERIOD_LENGTH The length of the plan's ineligibility


period (a number)

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Database item Description

ACP_INELIGIBLE_PERIOD_TYPE The units (e.g. months) for measuring


the length of the plan's ineligibility
period

ACP_NAME The name of the accrual plan

ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE The start date of an employee's period of


service

ACP_START The rule for determining the start date


for new hires in the plan

ACP_TERMINATION_DATE The end date of an employee's period of


service

ACP_UOM The units (hours or days) for


accumulating PTO

PTO_ACCRUAL_PLAN_ID The id of the accrual plan.

PTO_DATE_PAID_CALCULATION_DATE The last day of the period for calculating


accruals in the payroll run (when the
PTO Balance Type for the business
group is Date Paid)

PTO_DATE_EARNED_CALCULATION_DATE The last day of the period for calculating


accruals in the payroll run (when the
PTO Balance Type for the business
group is Date Earned)

PTO_DATE_PAID_START_DATE The first day of the period for calculating


accruals in the payroll run (when the
PTO Balance Type for the business
group is Date Paid)

PTO_DATE_EARNED_START_DATE The first day of the period for calculating


accruals in the payroll run (when the
PTO Balance Type for the business
group is Date Earned)

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Applicant Information

Database item Description

APL_DATE_END The date the application ended

APL_DATE_RECEIVED The date the application was received

Assignment Address Detail (US/UK only)

Database item Description

PER_ADR_UK_COUNTY The assignment's home county (UK only)

PER_ADR_US_COUNTY The assignment's county (US only)

PER_ADR_US_STATE The assignment's state (US only)

PER_ADR_US_STATE_CODE The assignment

Contact Addresses

Database item Description

CON_ADR_CITY The name of the contact's town or city

CON_ADR_COUNTRY The name of the contact's country

CON_ADR_DATE_FROM The first date on which the contact can be


contacted

CON_ADR_DATE_TO The last date on which the contact can be


contacted

CON_ADR_LINE_1 The first line of the contact's address

CON_ADR_LINE_2 The second line of the contact's address

CON_ADR_LINE_3 The third line of the contact's address

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Database item Description

CON_ADR_PHONE_1 The contact's first telephone number

CON_ADR_PHONE_2 The contact's second telephone number

CON_ADR_PHONE_3 The contact's third telephone number

CON_ADR_POSTAL_CODE The contact's postal code

CON_ADR_REGION_1 The first line of the contact's region

CON_ADR_REGION_2 The second line of the contact's region

CON_ADR_REGION_3 The third line of the contact's region

Contact Information

Database item Description

CON_AGE The contact's age

CON_APP_NUMBER The contact's applicant number

CON_BENEFICIARY_FLAG The contact's beneficiary flag

CON_CURRENT_APP Whether the contact is a current applicant


(yes/no)

CON_CURRENT_EMP Whether the contact is a current employee


(yes/no)

CON_CURRENT_CWK Whether the contact is a current contingent


worker (yes/no)

CON_CWK_NUMBER The contact's contingent worker number

CON_DATE_END The end date of the contact's relationship

CON_DATE_START The start date of the contact's relationship

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Database item Description

CON_DATE_OF_BIRTH The contact's date of birth

CON_DEPENDENT_FLAG The contact's dependent flag

CON_DISABLED Whether the contact is disabled (yes/no)

CON_EMP_NUMBER The contact's employee number

CON_END_DATE The date to which this contact information is


effective

CON_END_LIFE_REASON_ID ID for the reason for the end of the


relationship

CON_FIRST_NAME The contact's first name

CON_FULL_NAME The contact's full name

CON_KNOWN_AS The contact's preferred name

CON_LAST_NAME The contact's last name

CON_MARITAL_STATUS The contact's marital status

CON_MIDDLE_NAMES The contact's middle names

CON_NATIONAL_IDENTIFIER The contact's national identifier

CON_NATIONALITY The contact's nationality

CON_PERSONAL_FLAG Personal relationship flag

CON_PERSON_TYPE The contact's person type - employee or


applicant, for example

CON_RLTD_PER_RSDS_W_DSGNTR Whether the contact shares the same residence


as the employee.

CON_RELATIONSHIP The relationship of the contact to the


employee

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Database item Description

CON_SEQUENCE_NUMBER Contact's sequence number

CON_SEX The contact's sex

CON_START_DATE The date from which this contact information


is effective

CON_START_LIFE_REASON_ID ID for reason for the start of the relationship

CON_THIRD_PARTY_PAY_FLAG Third party payments relationship flag

CON_TITLE The contact's title

CON_WORK_PHONE The contact's work telephone number

Contingent Worker

Database item Description

CWK_START_DATE The contingent workers's start date

CWK_END_DATE The contingent worker's end date

CWK_PROJ_END_DATE The contingent worker's projected end date

CWK_LEAVING_REASON The reason the contingent worker left

CWK_LEAVING_REASON_CODE The code of the reason the contingent worker


left

Contracts Information

Database item Description

CTR_STATUS_MEANING Contract status meaning

CTR_TYPE_MEANING Contract type meaning

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Database item Description

CTR_STATUS Contract status code

CTR_TYPE Contract type code

Date Information

Database item Description

SESSION_DATE The effective date from FND_SESSIONS

SYSDATE The system date

Element Type Details

Database item Description

CURRENT_ELEMENT_TYPE_ID The type ID of the element being processed

ELEMENT_NAME The name of the element being processed

ENTRY_END_DATE The end date of the original entry

ENTRY_START_DATE The start date of the original entry

Employee Assignment Information

Database item Description

ASG_ASSIGNMENT_CATEGORY The category for the assignment

ASG_ASSIGNMENT_SEQUENCE This is used as a default for assignment


number

ASG_BARGAINING_UNIT_CODE The employee's bargaining unit code

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Database item Description

ASG_CHANGE_REASON The change reason for the assignment

ASG_DATE_FROM The date from which this assignment


information is effective

ASG_DATE_TO The date to which this assignment information


is effective

ASG_EMPLOYMENT_CATEGORY The employment category for the assignment

ASG_EMPLOYMENT_CATEGORY_CODE The employment category code for the


assignment

ASG_END_TIME The standard end time for the assignment

ASG_FREQ The frequency for which the assignment


working hours are measured

ASG_FREQ_CODE The working hours frequency code for the


assignment

ASG_FTE_VALUE The full-time equivalent budget actual value


for the assignment

ASG_FULL_TIME_FREQ The full-time frequency for the assignment

ASG_FULL_TIME_HOURS The full-time working hours for the


assignment

ASG_GRADE The employee's grade

ASG_GRADE_DATE_FROM The date from which this assignment grade


information is effective

ASG_GRADE_DATE_TO The date to which this assignment grade


information is effective

ASG_GROUP The employee's group

ASG_HEAD_VALUE The head budget value for the assignment

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Database item Description

ASG_HOURS The standard number of working hours for


the assignment

ASG_INT_ADDR_LINE The internal address of the assignment

ASG_JOB The employee's job

ASG_JOB_DATE_FROM The date from which this assignment job


information is effective

ASG_JOB_DATE_TO The date to which this assignment job


information is effective

ASG_LABOUR_UNION_MEMBER_FLAG Whether the assignment is a union member

ASG_LAST_CHANGE_REASON The reason the salary was changed

ASG_LAST_EARNED_PAYROLL_NAME The payroll name the assignment was last


processed with as at the date earned

ASG_LAST_EARNED_PERIOD_ID The time period ID the assignment was last


processed with as at the date earned

ASG_LAST_EARNED_PERIOD_NAME The time period name the assignment was last


processed with as at the date earned

ASG_LAST_EARNED_PERIOD_NUMBER The time period number the assignment was


last processed with as at the date earned

ASG_LAST_PERFORMANCE_DATE Last performance review date

ASG_LAST_PERFORMANCE_LOCATION Last performance review location

ASG_LAST_PERFORMANCE_RATING Last performance review rating

ASG_LAST_PERFORMANCE_TYPE Last performance review type

ASG_LAST_PROC_PAYROLL_NAME The payroll name the assignment was last


processed

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Database item Description

ASG_LAST_PROC_PERIOD_ID The time period ID the assignment was last


processed

ASG_LAST_PROC_PERIOD_NAME The period name the assignment was last


processed

ASG_LAST_PROC_PERIOD_NUMBER The period number the assignment was last


processed

ASG_LAST_PROPOSED_SALARY_CHAN The proposed salary change


GE

ASG_LAST_PROPOSED_SALARY_PERCE The proposed salary change as a percentage


NT

ASG_LAST_SALARY_CHANGE_APPROVE Whether the last proposed salary change has


D been approved

ASG_LAST_SALARY_DATE The last salary change date

ASG_LOCATION The employee's location

ASG_LOC_INACTIVE_DATE The date to which the location information is


effective

ASG_MANAGER Whether the assignment is a managerial


assignment (yes/no)

ASG_MONEY_VALUE The assignment's money budget actual value

ASG_NEXT_PERFORMANCE_DATE Next performance review date

ASG_NEXT_SALARY_DATE The date of the next salary change

ASG_NUMBER The assignment number

ASG_ORG The employee's organization

ASG_ORG_DATE_FROM The date from which assignment organization


information is effective

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Database item Description

ASG_ORG_DATE_TO The date to which assignment organization


information is effective

ASG_ORG_INT_EXT The assignment organization internal external


flag

ASG_ORG_LOCATION The location of the assignment organization

ASG_ORG_TYPE The assignment organization type

ASG_PAYROLL The employee's payroll

ASG_PERFORMANCE_REVIEW_FREQUE The performance review period for the


NCY assignment

ASG_PERFORMANCE_REVIEW_PERIOD The performance review frequency for the


assignment

ASG_PER_STATUS_DP Personal status for the assignment (as of Date


Paid)

ASG_PFT_VALUE The PFT budget value for the assignment

ASG_POS_HOURS The standard number of working hours for


the position

ASG_POSITION The employee's position

ASG_POS_DATE_FROM The date from which this assignment position


information is effective

ASG_POS_DATE_TO The date to which this assignment position


information is effective

ASG_POS_END_TIME The standard end time for the assignment


position

ASG_POS_FREQ The frequency for which the assignment


position's hours are measured

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Database item Description

ASG_POS_FREQUENCY The frequency for which the assignment


position's hours are measured

ASG_POS_FTE The assignment position FTE

ASG_POS_LOCATION The location of the assignment position

ASG_POS_PROB_PERIOD The probation period for the assignment


position (in numeric format)

ASG_POS_PROBATION_PERIOD The probation period for the assignment


position (formatted as text)

ASG_POS_PROBATION_PERIOD_UNITS The units used to measure the probation


period

ASG_POS_START_TIME The standard start time for the assignment


position

ASG_POS_WORKING_HOURS The standard number of working hours for


the position

ASG_PRIMARY Whether this is the employee's primary


assignment (yes/no)

ASG_PRIMARY_CODE The assignment's primary code

ASG_PROB_END_DATE The probation period end date

ASG_PROB_PERIOD The assignment's probation period

ASG_PROB_UNITS The units of the assignment's probation period

ASG_REC_FULL_NAME The full name for the recruiter

ASG_RELIEF The relief position if the current position


holder is absent

ASG_SALARY The current salary for an employee

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Database item Description

ASG_SALARY_BASIS The payment basis (i.e. frequency) for the


assignment, e.g. monthly

ASG_SALARY_BASIS_ANNUALIZATION_ The payment basis pay annualization factor


FACTOR for the assignment

ASG_SALARY_BASIS_CODE The payment basis lookup code for the


assignment

ASG_SALARY_BASIS_GRADE_ANNUALI The payment grade basis pay annualization


ZATION_FACTOR factor for the assignment

ASG_SALARY_BASIS_NAME The salary basis name for the assignment

ASG_SALARY_ELEMENT The display element name

ASG_SALARY_ELEMENT_VALUE_NAME The display input value name

ASG_SALARY_GRADE_RATE The display rate name

ASG_SALARY_RATE_BASIS The salary rate basis

ASG_SALARY_REVIEW_FREQUENCY The salary review frequency for the


assignment

ASG_SALARY_REVIEW_PERIOD The salary review period for the assignment

ASG_START_DATE The start date of the assignment

ASG_START_TIME The standard start time for the assignment

ASG_STATUS The primary status for the assignment

ASG_SUCCESSOR The position name that will succeed into this


position

ASG_SUP_FULL_NAME The full name for the supervisor

ASG_TYPE Whether this is an employee or applicant


assignment

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Database item Description

ASG_VACANCY The name of the vacancy applied for

ASG_WORK_AT_HOME The work at home code for an assignment

ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_END_DATE The end date of the assignment action

ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_START_DATE The start date of the assignment action

CHEQUE_UK_NUMBER The cheque number for the assignment action


(UK spelling)

CHECK_US_NUMBER The check number for the assignment action


(US spelling)

GROSSUP_AMOUNT The gross up amount to be added to the net


amount

Employee Hire Information

Database item Description

EMP_HIRE_DATE The employee's hire date

EMP_LAST_PROCESS_DATE The date the employee was last processed

EMP_LEAVING_REASON The reason the employee left

EMP_LEAVING_REASON_CODE The code for the reason the employee left

EMP_PROJ_TERM_DATE The employee's projected termination date

EMP_TERM_ACCEPTED_BY The person who accepted the employee's


notice

EMP_TERM_DATE The employee's termination date

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Home Address Details (UK only)

Database item Description

PER_ADR_UK_COUNTY The person's home county (UK only)

Home Address Details (US only)

Database item Description

PER_ADR_US_COUNTY The person's county (US only)

PER_ADR_US_STATE The person's state (US only)

PER_ADR_US_STATE_CODE The person's state code (US only)

Human Resources Intelligence

Database item Description

HRI_ASG_EMPLOYMENT_CATEGORY_C The employment category code


ODE

HRI_ASG_FREQ_CODE The assignment working hours frequency


code

HRI_ASG_FULL_TIME_FREQ The full-time frequency

HRI_ASG_FULL_TIME_HOURS The full-time working hours

HRI_ASG_HOURS The normal working hours of the assignment

HRI_ASG_PER_EMP_PTU Person Assignment EMP User Person Type

HRI_ASG_PER_APL_PTU Person Assignment APL User Person Type

HRI_ASG_PER_CWK_PTU Person Assignment CWK User Person Type

HRI_ASG_PRIMARY_CODE The primary assignment code

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Location Details

Database item Description

LOC_ADR_LINE_1 The first line of the assignment's work address

LOC_ADR_LINE_2 The second line of the assignment's work


address

LOC_ADR_LINE_3 The third line of the assignment's work


address

LOC_ADR_POSTAL_CODE The postal code for the assignment's work


address

LOC_ADR_REGION_1 The first line of the assignment's region

LOC_ADR_REGION_2 The second line of the assignment's region

LOC_ADR_REGION_3 The third line of the assignment's region

LOC_ADR_PHONE_1 The assignment's first work telephone number

LOC_ADR_PHONE_2 The assignment's second work telephone


number

LOC_ADR_PHONE_3 The assignment's third work telephone


number

LOC_ADR_CITY The town or city where the assignment works

LOC_ADR_COUNTRY The country where the assignment works

Payroll Details

Database item Description

ACTION_TYPE Action type of target payroll action

LAST_REG_PAYMENT_PERIOD The last regular payment period

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Database item Description

LAST_REG_PAYMENT_PERIOD_START_ The start date of the last regular payment


DATE period

PAY_EARNED_CUT_OFF_DATE The cut-off date of the earned period

PAY_EARNED_DIRECT_DEPOSIT_DATE The direct deposit date of the earned period

PAY_EARNED_END_DATE The end date of the earned period

PAY_EARNED_PAY_ADVICE_DATE The pay advice date of the earned period

PAY_EARNED_PERIOD_ID The ID of the time period of the earned period

PAY_EARNED_PERIOD_NAME The period name for the earned period

PAY_EARNED_PERIOD_NUMBER The period number for the earned period

PAY_EARNED_START_DATE The start date of the earned period

PAY_NO_OF_SCHEDULED_PAYMENTS The start date of the earned period

PAY_PERIODS_PER_YEAR The number of payable periods in the year (as


of date earned)

PAY_PERIODS_PER_YEAR_DP The number of payable periods in the year (as


of date paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_CUT_OFF_DATE The cut off date for the payroll period (as of
date earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_CUT_OFF_DATE_DP The cut off date for the payroll period (as of
date paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_DATE_PAID The date the payroll was paid

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_DIRECT_DEPOSIT_ The direct deposit date for the payroll period


DATE (as of date earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_DIRECT_DEPOSIT_ The direct deposit date for the payroll period


DATE_DP (as of date paid)

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Database item Description

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE The end date of the payroll period (as of date


earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE_DP The end date of the payroll period (as of date


paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_ID The ID of the time period for the payroll (as of


date earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_ID_DP The id of the time period for the payroll (as of


date paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_NAME The period name for the payroll (as of date


earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_NAME_DP The period name for the payroll (as of date


paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_NUMBER The current period number for the payroll (as


of date earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_NUMBER_DP The current period number for the payroll (as


of date paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_PAY_ADVICE_DATE The pay advice date for the payroll period (as
of date earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_PAY_ADVICE_DATE The pay advice date for the payroll period (as
_DP of date paid)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE The start date of the payroll period (as of date


earned)

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE_DP The start date of the payroll period (as of date


paid)

PAYROLL_ARREARS_FLAG Value of arrears flag for payrolls

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People Addresses

Database item Description

PER_ADR_CITY The name of the person's town or city

PER_ADR_COUNTRY The name of the person's country

PER_ADR_COUNTRY_CODE The person's country code

PER_ADR_DATE_FROM The first date on which the person can be


contacted at this address

PER_ADR_DATE_TO The last date on which the person can be


contacted at this address

PER_ADR_LINE_1 The first line of the person's address

PER_ADR_LINE_2 The second line of the person's address

PER_ADR_LINE_3 The third line of the person's address

PER_ADR_PHONE_1 The person's first contact number

PER_ADR_PHONE_2 The person's second contact number

PER_ADR_PHONE_3 The person's third contact number

PER_ADR_POSTAL_CODE The person's postal code

PER_ADR_REGION_1 The first line of the person's region

PER_ADR_REGION_2 The second line of the person's region

PER_ADR_REGION_3 The third line of the person's region

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People Information

Database item Description

PER_1099R_NAME Employee details for 1099R

PER_AGE The person's age

PER_APPLICANT_NUMBER The person's applicant number

PER_BENEFIT_GROUP_ID The ID of the person's benefit group

PER_COORD_BEN_MED_PLN_NO The benefits medical plan number for the


person

PER_COORD_BEN_NO_CVG_FLAG Whether there is any other benefits coverage

PER_CURRENT_APP Whether the person is a current applicant


(yes/no)

PER_CURRENT_CWK Whether the person is a current contingent


worker (yes/no)

PER_CURRENT_EMP Whether the person is a current employee


(yes/no)

PER_CWK_NUMBER The person's contingent worker number

PER_DATE_OF_BIRTH The person's date of birth

PER_DATE_OF_DEATH The person's date of death

PER_DATE_VERIFIED The date the employee last verified his or her


personal data

PER_DISABLED Whether the person is disabled (yes/no)

PER_DPNT_ADOPTION_DATE The person's dependent's adoption date

PER_DPNT_VLNTRY_SVCE_FLAG Whether the dependent is on voluntary


service

PER_EMP_NUMBER The person's employee number

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Database item Description

PER_FIRST_NAME The person's first name

PER_FULL_NAME The person's full name

PER_KNOWN_AS The person's preferred name

PER_LAST_NAME The person's last name

PER_MAIL_DESTINATION The person's mail destination

PER_MARITAL_STATUS The person's marital status

PER_MIDDLE_NAMES The person's middle names

PER_NATIONALITY The person's nationality

PER_NATIONAL_IDENTIFIER The person's national identifier

PER_ORIGINAL_DATE_OF_HIRE Date the person was first hired

PER_PERSON_TYPE Type of person (employee or applicant, for


example)

PER_PREFIX The person's name prefix

PER_PREV_LAST_NAME The person's previous last name

PER_RECEIPT_OF_DEATH_CERT_DATE Date of receipt of the person's death certificate

PER_SEND_EXPENSES Where to send the person's expenses


(home/office)

PER_SEX The person's sex

PER_SUFFIX The person's name suffix

PER_TITLE The person's title

PER_USES_TOBACCO_FLAG Whether the person uses tobacco

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Database item Description

PER_WORK_PHONE The person's work telephone number

Person Types

Database item Description

PTU_CON_PERSON_TYPE The contact's person type, for example


employee, applicant

PTU_PER_PERSON_TYPE The type of person, for example employee,


applicant

PTU_REC_PERSON_TYPE The recruiter's person type, for example


employee

PTU_SUP_PERSON_TYPE The supervisor's person type, for example


employee

Recruiter Information

Database item Description

REC_CURRENT_APP Whether the recruiter is a current applicant


(yes/no)

REC_CURRENT_CWK Whether the recruiter is a current contingent


worker (yes/no)

REC_CWK_NUMBER The recruiter's contingent worker number

REC_CURRENT_EMP Whether the recruiter is a current employee


(yes/no)

REC_EMP_NUMBER The recruiter's employee number

REC_GRADE The recruiter's grade

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Database item Description

REC_INT_ADDR_LINE The recruiter's internal address

REC_JOB The recruiter's job

REC_LOCATION The recruiter's work location

REC_MANAGER Whether the assignment is a managerial


assignment (yes/no)

REC_ORG The name of the recruiter's organization

REC_PERSON_TYPE The recruiter's person type (employee or


applicant, for example)

REC_POSITION The recruiter's position

REC_WORK_PHONE The recruiter's work telephone number

Supervisor Information

Database item Description

SUP_CURRENT_CWK Whether the supervisor is a current contingent


worker (yes/no)

SUP_CURRENT_EMP Whether the supervisor is a current employee


(yes/no)

SUP_CWK_NUMBER The contingent worker number of the


supervisor

SUP_DATE_FROM The date from which this supervisor


information is effective

SUP_DATE_TO The date to which this supervisor information


is effective

SUP_EMAIL_ADDRESS The supervisor's email address

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Database item Description

SUP_EMP_NUMBER The supervisor's employee number

SUP_GRADE The supervisor's grade

SUP_INT_ADDR_LINE The supervisor's internal address

SUP_JOB The supervisor's job

SUP_LOCATION The supervisor's work location

SUP_MANAGER Whether the assignment is a managerial


assignment (yes/no)

SUP_ORG The supervisor's organization

SUP_PERSON_TYPE The supervisor's person type

SUP_POSITION The supervisor's position

SUP_WORK_PHONE The supervisor's work telephone number

Work Address Details (UK only)

Database item Description

LOC_ADR_UK_COUNTY The assignment's work county (UK only)

Work Address Details (US only)

Database item Description

LOC_ADR_US_COUNTY The assignment's work county (US only)

LOC_ADR_US_STATE The assignment's work state (US only)

LOC_ADR_US_STATE_CODE The assignment's work state code (US only)

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Static Database Items for Oracle US Federal HR
Static database items are shipped with the system and you cannot modify them. For a
list of the standard static database items, refer to Static Database Items, page 1-63.
You can use the following Oracle Federal HR data items with Fast Formula Rules.
• Location Extra Information: Duty Station ID

• Assignment Extra Information: Step or Rate, Tenure, Annuitant Indicator, Pay Rate
Determinant, Work Schedule, Part-Time Hours Biweekly, Duty Status

• Person Extra Information: Citizenship, Veterans Preference, Veterans Preference for


RIF, Veterans Status, Appointment Type, Type of Employment, Race or National
Origin, Date Last Promotion, SCD Leave, SCD Civilian, SCD RIF, SCD TSP, Date
From Retained Grade, Date To Retained Grade, Retained Grade, Retained Step or
Rate, Retained Pay Plan, Retained Pay Table ID, Retained Pay Basis, FERS
Coverage, Previous Retirement Coverage, Frozen Service, NAF Retirement
Indicator

• Position Extra Information: Valid Grade, Target Grade, Pay Table ID, Pay Basis,
Employment Category Group, Occupation Category Code, FLSA Category,
Bargaining Unit Status, Supervisory Status, Position Occupied, Intelligence Position
Ind, LEO Position Indicator, Position Type

If you define agency-specific Extra Information types or segments, you can create
database items for them.
See: Setting Up Extra Information Types (Excluding Organization EITs), Oracle HRMS
Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

Dynamic Database Items


Dynamic database items are created by Oracle HRMS processes whenever you define
new elements or other related entities.

Element Database Items


When you define a new element, Oracle HRMS runs a process to create a number of
related database items for it. To ensure easy recognition of these items, the process adds
the element name <ENAME> to each one. It also creates further database items for each
pay and input value you use <INAME>.
Here is a list of database items created each time you define an element using the
Element window:

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Database item Description

<ENAME>_BEN_CLASS The element's benefit classification

<ENAME>_CLASSIFICATION The element's classification

<ENAME>_CLOSED_FOR_ENTRY Yes/no flag: translated into local language. If


Yes, new element entries cannot be created
but existing element entries can still be
modified.

<ENAME>_CLOSED_FOR_ENTRY_CODE Yes/no flag: If Yes, new element entries cannot


be created but existing element entries can still
be modified.

<ENAME>_COSTABLE_TYPE The element's costable type (from lookup


table)

<ENAME>_COSTABLE_TYPE_CODE The element's costable type (code values)

<ENAME>_COUNT The element entry count

<ENAME>_END_DATE The date to which this element is effective

<ENAME>_INPUT_CURRENCY_CODE The element's input currency code

<ENAME>_LENGTH_OF_SERVICE The element's qualifying length of service

<ENAME>_OUTPUT_CURRENCY_CODE The element's output currency code

<ENAME>_PROCESSING_PRIORITY The element's processing priority

<ENAME>_QUALIFYING_AGE The element's qualifying age

<ENAME>_QUALIFYING_UNITS_CODE The qualifying length of service units (code


values)

<ENAME>_QUALIFYING_UNITS The qualifying length of service units (from


lookup table)

<ENAME>_REPORTING_NAME The element's reporting name

<ENAME>_STANDARD_LINK Yes/no flag: yes = standard, no = discretionary

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Database item Description

<ENAME>_STANDARD_LINK_CODE Yes/no flag: yes = standard, no = discretionary

<ENAME>_<INAME>_UNIT_OF_MEASURE The element's unit of measure (from lookup


table)

<ENAME>_<INAME>_UNIT_OF_MEASURE The element's unit of measure (code values)


_CODE

<ENAME>_<INAME>_DEFAULT The element's default input value

<ENAME>_<INAME>_MIN The element's minimum input value

<ENAME>_<INAME>_MAX The element's maximum input value

In addition to the items above, Oracle HRMS creates the following four items for
elements defined with multiple entries not allowed:

Database item Description

<ENAME>_<INAME>_ENTRY_VALUE The element value

<ENAME>_<INAME>_USER_ENTERED_CO Whether a value exists at the element entry


DE level (yes/no)

<ENAME>_<INAME>_START_DATE The element's start date

<ENAME>_<INAME>_END_DATE The element's end date

In addition to the common list above, Oracle HRMS creates the following item for
elements defined with multiple entries allowed whose input values are numeric (that is,
hours, integer, money or number).

Database item Description

<ENAME>_<INAME>_ENTRY_VALUE The summed element values for the multiple


entries

The units for '<ENAME> <INAME> ENTRY VALUE' are generated for both recurring
and nonrecurring elements and are user-definable. Oracle HRMS modifies the

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definition text to retrieve the entry value in the unit of measure as specified in the
PAY_INPUT_VALUES_F table.

Grade Rate Database Items


When you define a grade rate, Oracle HRMS runs a process to create a number of
related database items for it. To ensure easy recognition of these items, the process adds
the grade rate name <NAME> to each one.
Here is a list of database items created each time you define a grade rate using the
Grade Rate window:

Database item Description

GRADE_<NAME>_VALUE The grade rate's value

GRADE_<NAME>_MINIMUM The grade rate's minimum value

GRADE_<NAME>_MAXIMUM The grade rate's maximum value

Pay Scale Rate Database Items


When you define a pay scale rate, Oracle HRMS runs a process to create the following
database item for it. To ensure easy recognition of this item, the process adds the rate
name <NAME> to it.

Database item Description

SPINE_<NAME>_VALUE The pay scale rates value

Descriptive Flexfield Database Items


When you define descriptive flexfield segments you make them available for use in
QuickPaint by running the Create Descriptive Flexfield DB Items process from the
Submit Requests window. This process creates database items for each of the
descriptive flexfields listed below.
To ensure easy recognition of these items, the process adds the descriptive flexfield
segment name <SEGMENT_NAME> to each one.

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Database item Description

PEOPLE_<SEGMENT_NAME> People descriptive flexfield database items

PAYROLLS_<SEGMENT_NAME> Payroll descriptive flexfield database items

ASSIGNMENTS_<SEGMENT_NAME> Assignment descriptive flexfield database


items

GRADES_<SEGMENT_NAME> Grade descriptive flexfield database items

ABSENCES_<SEGMENT_NAME> Absence descriptive flexfield database items

ABSENCE_TYPES_<SEGMENT_NAME> Absence Type descriptive flexfield database


items

PERSON_ADDRESSES_<SEGMENT_NAM Person Address descriptive flexfield database


E> items

EVENTS_<SEGMENT_NAME> Events descriptive flexfield database items

JOBS_<SEGMENT_NAME> Jobs descriptive flexfield database items

CONTACTS_<SEGMENT_NAME> Contacts descriptive flexfield database items

PERIODS_OF_SERVICE_<SEGMENT_NA Periods of Service descriptive flexfield


ME> database items

RECRUITMENT_ACTIVITIES_<SEGMENT Recruitment Activities descriptive flexfield


_NAME> database items

POSITION_<SEGMENT_NAME> Position descriptive flexfield database items

APPLICATIONS_<SEGMENT_NAME Applications descriptive flexfield database


items

ORGANIZATION_<SEGMENT_NAME> Organization descriptive flexfield database


items

Key Flexfield Database Items


When you define key flexfield segments you make them available for use in QuickPaint
by running the Create Key Flexfield DB Items process from the Submit Requests

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window. This process creates database items for each of the key flexfields listed below.
To ensure easy recognition of these items, the process adds the key flexfield segment
name <SEGMENT_NAME> to each one.
Run this process for each of your Business Groups. If you define context-dependent key
flexfield structures using BUSINESS_GROUP_ID as the reference field, the process
creates database items for those flexfield segments as well. BUSINESS_GROUP_ID is
the only reference field that the Create Key Flexfield DB Items process supports.

Database item Description

COMP_KF_<SEGMENT_NAME> Competence key flexfield database items

GRADE_KF_<SEGMENT_NAME> Grade key flexfield database items

GROUP_KF_<SEGMENT_NAME> Group key flexfield database items

JOB_KF_<SEGMENT_NAME> Job key flexfield database items

POS_KF_<SEGMENT_NAME> Position key flexfield database items

SCL_ASG_<LEGISLATION_CODE>_<ENA Assignment soft coded legislative flexfield


ME> database items

SCL_ORG_<LEGISLATION_CODE>_<ENA Organization soft coded legislative flexfield


ME> database items

SCL_PAY_<LEGISLATION_CODE>_<ENA Payroll soft coded legislative flexfield


ME> database items

Absence Database Items


When you define an absence type, Oracle HRMS runs a process to create the following
database item for it. To ensure easy recognition of this item, the process adds the
absence type name <ABSENCE_NAME> to it.

Database item Description

<ABSENCE_NAME>_CUM_BALANCE The cumulative balance for an absence type

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Formulas for Payroll Legislative Checks
Oracle FastFormula contains a formula type called Legislative Check that may have
been set up by your localization team. This formula type can be set up to perform
certain checks during a payroll run. For example, you can catch errors such as negative
gross pay and cause the payroll run to fail appropriately.
Sometimes you may not want to run the legislation check in the payroll run so it is
possible that this functionality can be enabled or disabled using the HR:Execute
Legislative Check Formula within Run user profile.

Formulas for Benefits Administration


Oracle FastFormula contains many formula types that you can use for benefits
administration. For example, grandfathered clauses and other special case scenarios
may require you to write a FastFormula rule that defines special treatment for a subset
of your benefits participants.
You can use Oracle FastFormula to calculate:
• The number of Hours Worked by a person in a given period

• A person's length of service

• The maximum coverage amount for a life insurance plan

• Participation Eligibility

• Other benefits related functions.

After you write a formula for use with Standard or Advanced Benefits, you link that
formula to your plan design by selecting the formula in the Rule field of the appropriate
window.

Total Compensation Formula Types


The following table lists the formula types you can use in administering benefits with
Oracle HRMS.

FastFormula    1-93
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Hours Used to Business_Gro Hrs_Wkd_Fct Amount Determine


Worked determine an up_Id, r_Id; Value of total number
Calculation Hours Effective_Dat the of hours
Worked e, Hrs_Wkd_Fct worked
amount to be Jurisdiction_ r.Val, Min during the
used for Code, Val, Max Val person's most
Eligibility, Organization recent pay
Coverage or _Id, period.
Benefit, Assignment
Premium, Id, Pgm_Id,
and Rate Pl_Typ_Id,
calculations Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id

Age Used to " Value of the Amount


Calculation determine an Age_Fctr.Val,
Age value to Min Val, Max
be used for Val
Eligibility,
Coverage or
Benefit,
Premium,
and Rate
calculations

Length of Used to " LOS_Fctr_Id; Amount


Service determine a Value of the
Calculation Service value LOS_Fctr.
to be used for Val, Min Val,
Eligibility, Max Val
Coverage or
Benefit,
Premium,
and Rate
calculations

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Compensatio Used to " Comp_Lvl_Fc Amount Sum the


n Calculation determine a tr_Id; Value amounts for
Total of the person's
Compensatio Comp_Lvl_Fc current
n amount to tr.Val, Min Regular
be used for Val, Max Val Salary
Eligibility, defined
Coverage or balance as of
Benefit, the beginning
Premium and of the year,
Rate Prior Year
calculations Total
Commission
benefits
balance type,
and Prior
Year Total
Bonus
benefits
balance type,
and return
the total
amount.

Rate Value Calculates a " Acty_Base_Rt Amount If a person is


Calculation rate amount _Id or currently
for a person. Vrbl_Rt_Id; enrolled in
May be used Value of the this plan, or
to calculate a Acty_Base_Rt has been
base or .Val, Min Val, enrolled in
variable rate. Max Val; this plan
Value of the within the
Vrbl_Rt_Prfl. past 2 years,
Val, Min Val, then the rate
Max Val, is equal to the
rate person is
currently
paying.
Otherwise,
rate is equal
to X.

FastFormula    1-95
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Premium Calculates a " Acty_Base_Rt Amount Premium


Value premium _Id or amount is
Calculation amount for a Vrbl_Rt_Id or equal to .05
person. Actl_Prem_Id times
or Coverage
Cvg_Amt_Ca amount less
lc_Mthd_Id; 50,000
Value of the
Acty_Base_Rt
.Val, Min Val,
Max Val

Matching Calculates the " " Amount People that


Amount matching work at
Calculation amount. Division A
get matching
amount of
5%. All others
get 4%
matching
amount.

Minimum Calculates a " " Amount If in Benefits


Coverage minimum Group A,
Amount coverage or minimum
Calculation benefit amount is
amount for a $100. If in
person. Benefits
Group B,
minimum
amount is
$200.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Maximum Calculates a " " Amount Coverage


Coverage maximum maximum
Amount coverage or amount is
Calculation benefit equal to
amount for a coverage
person. amount for
current
enrollment; if
no current
enrollment,
then
maximum is
$100,000.

Period to Determines " Amount


Date Amount the maximum
Calculation period to date
amount a
person may
have for a
particular
activity rate.

Coverage Calculates a " Amount


Amount coverage or
Calculation benefit
amount for a
person.

FastFormula    1-97
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Age Determines " Date If person is in


Determinatio the date from an Annual
n Date which age Enrollment
will be event then
calculated return
(e.g., the first 10/1/99. If
day of the person is
next plan becoming
year). eligible as a
result of a
new hire,
rehire, return
from leave or
a change
from
part-time to
full-time then
return the
event
occurred on
date.

Hours Determines " Date If person is in


Worked the date from an Annual
Determinatio which hours Enrollment
n Date worked will event then
be calculated return
(e.g., the first 10/1/99. If
day of the person is
next plan becoming
year). eligible as a
result of a
new hire,
rehire, return
from leave or
a change
from
part-time to
full-time then
return the
event
occurred on
date.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Length of Determines " Date Return Start


Service Date the low date Date from the
to Use from which person's
LOS will be Absence
calculated Attendance
(e.g., original row in order
hire date or to determine
rehire date). the elapsed
time that a
person has
been on a
Leave of
Absence.

Length of Determines " Date Return Start


Service the high date Date from the
Determinatio for which person's
n Date LOS will be Absence
calculated Attendance
(e.g., the first row.
day of the
following
month).

Compensatio Determines " Date


n the high date
Determinatio from which
n Date hours
compensation
will be
calculated
(e.g., the first
day of the
next plan
year).

FastFormula    1-99
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Action Type Determines " Date If person is


Due Date the date on currently
which the enrolled, 60
Action Type days from life
must be event
completed creation date.
(e.g. 90 days If person is
from the Life not currently
Event enrolled, 30
Creation days from life
Date). event
creation date.

Participation Determines " Date Add 6


Eligibility when months to the
Start Date eligibility for event date
a person and return.
should start.

Participation Determines " Date If


Eligibility when Organization
End Date eligibility for on current
a person assignment =
should end. A, return
date equal to
Event Date;
otherwise,
return date
equal to Start
of Following
Month after
event date.

Enrollment Determines " Date Coverage


Coverage when start date
Start Date enrollment based on how
coverage for long you
a participant have been
should start. absent from a
plan.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Enrollment Determines " Date If Calculated


End when LOS is less
enrollment than 5 years,
coverage for then end of
a participant current
should end. month. If
Calculated
LOS is
greater than
or equal to 5
years, then
end of 6
months after
event date.

Dependent Determines " Date If notified of


Coverage when birth within
Start Date coverage for 31 days of
a dependent event,
should start. Coverage
Start Date is
Date of Birth.
Otherwise,
coverage start
date is date of
notification.

Dependent Determines " Date If Contact


Coverage when Relationship
End Date coverage for Type =
a dependent Spouse,
should end. coverage
ends on date
of event; if
Contact
Relationship
Type = Child,
coverage
ends on end
of the month
following
event.

FastFormula    1-101
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Rate Start Determines " Date Rate starts on


Date when a rate the date after
for an the rate end
enrollment date of the
result for a current
participant enrollment.
should start.

Rate End Determines " Date Rate ends on


Date when a rate the day
for an before the
enrollment person's next
result for a pay period.
participant
should end.

Participation Determines Business_Gro Y/N


Eligibility whether a up_Id,
person is Effective_Dat
eligible for e,
the associated Jurisdiction_
compensation Code,
object. (This Organization
is the rule _Id,
used in the Assignment
eligibility Id, Pgm_Id,
profile rule Pl_Typ_Id,
entities.) Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id,
Balance_Date

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Dependent Determines " Y/N Dependent is


Eligibility whether a eligible if
person is Employee
eligible to be Work
covered by a Location is
participant in 001 and
a Dependent is
compensation under age 21
object. or if
Employee
Work
Location is
not 001 and
Dependent is
under age 25.

Enrollment Determines Business_Gro One of the As a result of


Opportunity whether the up_Id, BEN_ENRT_ a transfer
compensation Effective_Dat MTHD event, the
object should e, values: A or participant
be an Jurisdiction_ E; or N can only
electable Code, enroll in an
choice for the Organization HMO if they
person. _Id, were
Assignment previously
Id, Pgm_Id, enrolled in an
Pl_Typ_Id, HMO and
Pl_Id, that HMO is
Opt_Id, no longer
Ler_Id available to
them in their
new location.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

To Be Sent Determines Business_Gro Date If


Date the date on up_Id, participant's
which the Effective_Dat organization
communicati e, is equal to
on should be Jurisdiction_ {org1} or
sent to the Code, {org2} then
person. Organization return start of
_Id, enrollment
Assignment period - 14
Id, Pgm_Id, days. If
Pl_Typ_Id, participant's
Pl_Id, organization
Opt_Id, is not equal
Ler_Id, to {org1} or
Cm_Typ_Id {org2} then
return start of
enrollment
period - 7
days.

Rounding Rounds a None Amount Amount to be


number to rounded -
the specified $250 rounded
place or to the next
decimal. $500

Percent Rounds a Amount


Rounding percent to the
specified
place or
decimal.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Automatic Determines Business_Gro One of the Reinstate


Enrollment the up_Id, BEN_ENRT_ active
Method conditions Effective_Dat MTHD benefits if
under which e, values: A or rehired in the
a person Jurisdiction_ E; or N same plan
should be Code, year.
automatically Organization
enrolled in a _Id,
compensation Assignment
object. Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id

Deduction Determines " One of the If bargaining


Schedule the deduction BEN_DED_S unit code is
schedule to CHED values not null
be used for return
this person. "Second
Period In
Month" else
return "Every
Pay Period".

Payment Determines " One of the If bargaining


Schedule the payment BEN_PYMT_ unit code is
schedule to SCHED not null
be used for values return
this person. "Second
Period In
Month" else
return "Every
Pay Period".

FastFormula    1-105
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Default to Determines " One of the Reinstate the


Assign the applicable BEN_DFLT_T active
Pending default O_ASN_PND benefits that a
Action option or G_CTFN person had at
benefit to values the time that
assign to the the person
person when was
his or her previously
choice has active.
been (NOTE:
suspended. cannot
reinstate
most recent
benefits, as
person could
have some
other
elections,
such as
COBRA).

Enrollment Determines " Y/N Participant


Certification the does not need
Required conditions to provide
under which certification if
a person they were
must provide enrolled in
certification the
in order to compensation
enroll or elect object and
a particular had provided
plan or certification
option in within the
plan, or past 12
benefit. months.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Dependent Determines " Y/N


Certification the
Required conditions
under which
a person
must provide
certification
for his or her
designated
dependents.

Beneficiary Determines " Y/N


Certification the
Required conditions
under which
a person
must provide
certification
for his or her
designated
beneficiaries.

Waive Determines " Y/N


Certification the
Required conditions
under which
a person
must provide
certification
when he or
she waives
participation.

FastFormula    1-107
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Inspection Determines Business_Gro Y/N If


Required whether up_Id, participant's
inspection of Effective_Dat division =
the e, "Corporate"
communicati Jurisdiction_ or if
on is Code, participant's
required. If Organization HCE
so, the _Id, indicator =
"Inspection Assignment "Y" return
Flag" is set to Id, Pgm_Id, "YES".
'yes' for this Pl_Typ_Id,
person's Pl_Id,
communicati Opt_Id,
on. Ler_Id,
Cm_Typ_Id

Communicati Determines Business_Gro Y/N If person is in


on for this up_Id, an Annual
Appropriate communicati Effective_Dat Enrollment
on and e, event and
trigger, Jurisdiction_ today's date
whether the Code, is within
communicati Organization seven days of
on should be _Id, the
sent; restricts Assignment enrollment
to whom to Id, Pgm_Id, period end
send. Pl_Typ_Id, date return
Pl_Id, Ler_Id, "No".
Cm_Typ_Id

Communicati Determines Business_Gro Y/N


on Type whether the up_Id,
communicati Effective_Dat
on should be e,
sent. Jurisdiction_
Code,
Organization
_Id,
Assignment
Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id, Ler_Id,
Cm_Typ_Id

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Mandatory Determines Business_Gro Y/N


Determinatio whether this up_Id,
n option in Effective_Dat
plan should e,
be assigned Jurisdiction_
to a person Code,
(and not be Organization
optional) as _Id,
part of the Assignment
enrollment Id, Pgm_Id,
process. Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id

Postelection Performs " Y/N and Text If the


Edit edits on an participant
enrollment elects a
result, e.g. is non-waive
the spouse of plan under
the the spouse
participant life plan type,
also enrolled; the
does the participant
spouse of the must elect an
participant equal or
work at the greater
same amount of
company. participant
life insurance.

FastFormula    1-109
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Partial Month Determines " One of the If the


Proration which value Values of : participant is
Method to use: Date BEN_PRTL_ paid monthly
Earned, Pay MO_DET_M and enrolls in
Period End THD a medical
Date, or plan between
Payment the 8th and
Date. This 15th of the
tells the month, then
proration return 75% of
process the normal
which date to monthly
use when price tag.
determining
how many
pay periods
remain, and
when the
element entry
should start.

Partial Year Determines " Amount


Coverage the maximum
Restriction coverage
amount for
partial years
of coverage.
Allows
determinatio
n of values
other than
delivered
values of: 1)
Standard
maximum as
defined in the
plan. 2)
Prorate
maximum
based on the
number of
months
remaining in
the plan year.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Partial Month Determines " One of the


Effective Date which value Values of :
Determinatio to use: Date BEN_PRTL_
n Earned, Pay MO_EFF_DT
Period End _DET
Date, or
Payment
Date. This
tells the
proration
process
which date to
use when
determining
how many
pay periods
remain, and
when the
element entry
should start.

Lack Identifies " Y/N


Certification cases where
Allow certification is
Reimburseme waived.
nt

Compensatio Determines " Y/N Run the


n Object which default
Selection compensation process for
objects are to the flex and
be included nonflex
for programs
processing in only.
a concurrent Participation
manager process
process. selection
mode:
determine
eligibility for
all
compensation
objects that
use derivable
factors.

FastFormula    1-111
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Person Determines " Y/N Select all


Selection which people ex-participant
are to be s who were
included for working at a
processing in specific
a concurrent organization.
manager
process.

Verify Family Determines " Y/N


Member whether the
person has
one or more
contacts of a
specific type
or types, e.g.
spouse,
spouse and
one child,
more than
one child.

Five Percent Determines " Y/N


Owner for this plan
and
regulation
whether the
person is a
five percent
owner as
defined in the
regulation.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Highly Determines " Y/N


Compensated for this plan
and
regulation
whether the
person is
considered to
be "highly
compensated
" as defined
in the
regulation.

Key Determines " Y/N


Employee for this plan
and
regulation
whether the
person is
considered to
be a "key
employee" as
defined in the
regulation.

Break in Break in " Amount


Service Value Service Value

Break in Determines " Y/N


Service whether a
Determinatio break in
n service has
occurred and
if this break
should not be
ignored.

FastFormula    1-113
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Contribution Compares " Y/N


Nondiscrimin individual
atory employee
pretax
contribution
amounts to
total pretax
contributions
for highly
and
non-highly
compensated
persons.

Coverage Compares the " Y/N


Nondiscrimin total number
atory of persons
eligible to
participate in
a plan minus
the persons
who are not
eligible due
to legislated
allowable
factors to the
number
actually
participating.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Extract Specifies Business_Gro Text


Person Data person or up_Id,
Element assignment Effective_Dat
information e,
to be Jurisdiction_
included as a Code,
data element Organization
item. This _Id,
rule type can Assignment_I
also return d
the results of
a calculation
performed on
person or
assignment
information.

Extract Specifies " Y/N


Person person or
Inclusion assignment
level
inclusion or
exclusion for
system
extract.

Communicati Determines Business_Gro Y/N


on Usage whether a up_Id,
Communcati Effective_Dat
on Usage e,
requirement Jurisdiction_
has been Code,
satisfied. If Organization
so, then a _Id,
communicati Assignment
on should be Id, Pgm_Id,
triggered for Pl_Typ_Id,
this usage. Pl_Id, Ler_Id,
Cm_Typ_Id

FastFormula    1-115
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Default Determines Business_Gro


Enrollment whether this up_Id,
option in Effective_Dat
plan should e,
be assigned Jurisdiction_
to a person as Code,
part of the Organization
default _Id,
enrollment Assignment
process. Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id

Enrollment Determines Date


Period Start the date on
Date which the
enrollment
period starts.

Enrollment Determines " Date


Period End the date on
Date which the
enrollment
period ends.

Pop-Up Determines " Y/N For a


Message whether a participant
pop-up who selects
message life insurance
displays and at 10x salary,
it what form. display a
warning
message on
the
enrollment
form if the
participant's
salary is less
than 50k.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Collapse Life When life " Date


Event events are
Resulting collapsed this
Occurred On rule
Date determines
the date to
use for the
resulting life
event.

Collapse Life Determines " One of the


Event whether the values of:
Evaluation life event BEN_EVAL_
should be DT: Collapse
collapsed and or Void; or
deleted, leave as is
collapsed and
voided, or
neither.

Vested Value Determine Business_Gro Percent


the vested up_Id,
percent for a Effective_Dat
person. e,
Jurisdiction_
Code,
Organization
_Id,
Assignment
Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id,
Balance_Date

FastFormula    1-117
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Change Used to Business_Gro Y/N


Dependent determine if a up_Id,
Coverage dependent Effective_Dat
can be e,
'Added Only', Jurisdiction_
'Removed Code,
Only', Added Organization
and _Id,
Removed', or Assignment
'Neither'. Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id

Evaluate Life Determines if Business_Gro Y/N, status


Event this life event up_Id, code,
is valid, or if Effective_Dat unprocessed
the life event e, date,
information Jurisdiction_ processed
needs to be Code, date.
changed, e.g. Organization
status, voided _Id,
date, Assignment
unprocessed Id, Ler Id
date.

Maximum Determines " Date


Waiting the low date
Period Date from which
to Use the maximum
waiting
period will be
calculated
(e.g., original
hire date or
rehire date).

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Waiting Determines " Amount and


Period Value the waiting UOM
and UOM period and
unit of
measure to be
applied to a
person.

Maximum Determines " Amount and


Period of the maximum UOM
Enrollment enrollment
Value and period and
UOM unit of
measure for a
compensation
object.

Person Determines " Y/N


Change whether this
Causes Life life event is
Event valid for a
person based
on the data
that changed.

Related Determines " Y/N


Person whether this
Change life event is
Causes Life valid for a
Event related
person based
on the data
that changed.

FastFormula    1-119
Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Participant Determines Business_Gro Y/N


Eligible to whether this up_Id,
Rollover person may Effective_Dat
roll over flex e,
credits into a Jurisdiction_
particular Code,
compensation Organization
object. _Id,
Assignment
Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id,
Balance_Date

Payment Determines " Y/N


Must Be whether a
Received payment is
missing or
late.

Life Event Determines Business_Gro Y/N


Reason whether a life up_Id,
Timeliness event has Effective_Dat
been reported e,
in a timely Jurisdiction_
manner. Code,
Organization
_Id,
Assignment
Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

Required Determines " Date


Period of the earliest
Enrollment deenrollment
date for a
person's
electable
choice for a
compensation
object.

Rate Lower Calculates an Business_Gro Amount


Limit amount used up_Id,
to determine Effective_Dat
the lower e,
limit value to Jurisdiction_
which an Code,
activity rate Organization
or variable _Id,
rate value is Assignment
compared. Id, Pgm_Id,
Pl_Typ_Id,
Pl_Id,
Opt_Id,
Ler_Id,
Balance_Date

Rate Upper Calculates an " Amount


Limit amount used
to determine
the upper
limit value to
which an
activity rate
or variable
rate value is
compared.

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

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to determine
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limit for an
activity or
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coverage or
benefit.

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to determine
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coverage or
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activity or
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Upper Limit amount used
to determine
the upper
limit for an
activity or
variable
premium.

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Type

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Formula Description Contexts Input Values Return Value Sample Rule
Type

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Benefit Uplift Formulas for Spain
Oracle HRMS enables you to override the benefit uplift amount for an employee set at
the legal employer level while recording the employee's absence. You can use Oracle
FastFormula to create the Benefit Uplift Daily Rate and the Benefit Uplift Duration
Formula to calculate the amount based on employee's gross pay. See:Oracle
FastFormula, page 1-1
Benefit Uplift Daily Rate Formula
Use the Benefit Uplift Daily Rate formula to calculate the benefit uplift amount for an
employee depending on the daily rate of the gross pay. This formula returns a
percentage rate of the gross pay applicable to the absence and the number of days paid
at that percentage. For example, you can have an employer paying 100% of Gross Pay
for the first 90 days of sickness and at 60% for 270 days. You attach this formula at the
legal employer level to enable the application to calculate the benefit amount.
The formula must return the following value:
Return GROSS_PAY_PER_DAY

Benefit Uplift Duration Formula


Use the Benefit Duration formula to calculate the benefit uplift amount for an employee
depending on the daily rate of gross pay. The formula returns the number of days paid
at the percentage. This formula considers the absence start and end dates for an
employee.
The formula must return the following values:
Return RATE1, VALUE1, RATE2, VALUE2, RATE3, VALUE3, RATE4, VALUE4,
RATE5, VALUE5, RATE6, VALUE6, RATE7, VALUE7, RATE8, VALUE8, RATE9,
VALUE9, RATE10, VALUE10

Writing Formulas for Accrual Plans


Each accrual plan needs to be associated with two formulas: an accrual formula to
calculate gross PTO entitlement to date and a Carry Over formula to be called by the
carry over process at the end of the accrual term.
You can also associate a third formula to be called by BEE (Batch Element Entry)
validation for entries to the absence element associated with the accrual plan. This
Ineligibility formula checks whether an assignment is eligible to use accrued PTO. It
must calculate the end of the ineligibility period in the same way as the Accrual formula
for the plan. This formula is not required if you enter the ineligibility period for a plan
in the Accrual Plan window.
Some formulas are seeded, see Seeded Accrual Type Formulas, Oracle Time & Labor
Implementation and User GuideYou can use these as supplied, edit them, or write your
own formulas to provide the plan rules you require.
This topic explains:

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• The formula types for formulas associated with accrual plans

• The required inputs and outputs for Accrual, Carry Over, and Ineligibility formulas

• Checks you must include in your Accrual formulas to avoid errors

For a sample Accrual formula and suggestions on how to change it to incorporate a


whole range of plan rules, see: Sample Accrual Formula, page 1-157

Formula Types
There are a number of formula types for formulas associated with accrual plans. You
must define your formulas as the appropriate types or they will not be available for
selection in the Accrual Plan window.

Formula Type Displays on list of values Use for . . .


for . . .

Accrual Accrual Formula field The top level formula that


calculates PTO entitlement for
a plan

Accrual Subformula -- Any formulas called by the


top level formula, such as
formulas for calculating the
entitlement per period.

Accrual Carryover Carryover Formula field The formula to be called by


the Carry Over process.

Accrual Ineligibility Ineligibility Formula field The formula to be called by


BEE (if required) to specify
whether an assignment is
eligible to use accrued PTO.

Required Inputs and Outputs


If you write your own formulas for accrual plans, you must use the following INPUTS
and RETURN statements. Do not add extra lines to these statements. You can use
functions or database items to get extra inputs. The following values are available as
contexts for all the accrual formula types (and therefore you do not need to retrieve
them as inputs or database items):
• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• DATE_EARNED

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• ACCRUAL_PLAN_ID

• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• PAYROLL_ID

Some formula functions have been defined specially for Accrual type formulas. They
require some or all of these contexts and they return values need for the accrual
calculation, such as total absences, accrual band, and period dates. See: Functions for
Accrual Type Formulas, page 1-47. You can define and register any other functions you
require.

Inputs and Outputs for Accrual Formulas


INPUTS ARE
Calculation_Date (date)
ACCRUAL_START_DATE (date)
ACCRUAL_LATEST_BALANCE
/* Formula body */
RETURN total_accrued_pto, effective_start_date, effective_end_date,
accrual_end_date

Input Description

Calculation_Date The date up to which accrual will be


calculated

Accrual_Start_Date The date to begin calculating accrual. If null,


accruals are calculated from beginning of the
accrual term.

Accrual_Latest_ Balance The latest balance for the accrual term up to


the day before Accrual_Start_Date. The latest
balance is held in a payroll balance.

Note: The Accrual_Start_Date and Accrual_Latest_Balance inputs are


required only if your accrual plan uses a payroll balance to store gross
accruals.

Output Description

total_accrued_pto Gross accrued PTO this term

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Output Description

effective_start_date Start date of accrual, which is


normally the start of this accrual
term, but may be plan enrollment
date, hire date, adjusted service date,
or other, depending on plan rules.

effective_end_date Normally the calculation date, but


should be the termination date if the
employee has been terminated, or the
end date of the plan element entry if
the employee has left the plan.

accrual_end_date This is an optional output. In the


seeded formulas it is the end of the
last full accrual period before the
calculation date (because these
formulas do not take account of
partial accrual periods).

Inputs and Outputs for Carry Over Formula


INPUTS ARE
calculation_date (date),
accrual_term (text)
/* formula body */
RETURN max_carryover, effective_date, expiry_date, process

Input Description

calculation_date Any date falling within an accrual term

accrual_term 'PREVIOUS' or 'CURRENT' indicating


whether to return the last date of the accrual
term spanning calculation_date, or the accrual
term previous to that spanning calculation
date.

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Output Description

max_carryover Maximum amount the employee can carry


over, which may be dependent on an accrual
band.

effective_date The last date of an accrual term (either current


or previous, as determined by the input). For
example, this would be 31-DEC-YYYY for an
accrual plan based on calendar years.

expiry_date The date by which employees must use


carried over PTO, otherwise they lose it. This
output is optional.

process Set to Yes by default. This means that the


max_carryover amount is returned. If you set
it to No, max_carryover is set to Null by the
Carry Over process

Inputs and Outputs for Ineligibility Formula


INPUTS ARE
calculation_date (date),
/* formula body */
RETURN assignment_eligible

Input Description

calculation_date The effective date of the element entry.

Output Description

assignment_eligible 'Y' or 'N'. If Y, BEE creates the entry to the


absence element (assuming all other
validation is successful). If N, BEE creates a
warning on the batch line for the absence
entry.

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Checks You Must Include In Your Accrual Formulas
You may notice that the seeded formulas contain statements to check a number of dates
to see whether an employee is eligible to accrue any PTO. Be sure to include these
checks in your formulas too.

Termination Date
Check whether there is a termination date for the assignment. If the termination date is
before the calculation date, calculate accrual as of the termination date. If your formula
does not handle partial accrual periods, check whether the termination date is before
the end of the first accrual period; if yes, set gross accrual to zero.

Enrollment End Date


Check whether there is an end date for the assignment's enrollment in the plan. If the
end date is before the calculation date, calculate accrual as of the end date. If your
formula does not handle partial accrual periods, check whether the end date is before
the end of the first accrual period; if yes, set gross accrual to zero.

Calculation Date
If the calculation date is before the end of the first accrual period, set gross accrual to
zero (unless your formula handles partial accrual periods).

Hire Date
Check the employee's hire date or continuous service date. If your formula handles
partial accrual periods, check that this date is before the calculation date, and if not, set
the gross accrual to zero. If your formula does not handle partial periods, check that this
date is before the start of the last full accrual period used in the current calculation. If
the employee has not worked for a full accrual period before the calculation date, set the
gross accrual to zero.

Start Date for New Plan Participants


Check when the employee should start to accrue time. This is typically the date of
enrollment in the plan or (if your formula does not handle partial accrual periods) the
first period starting on or after the date of enrollment in the plan. If this date (or period)
is after the calculation date (or period), set the accrual to zero.

Note: The seeded and sample formulas also show how to incorporate
other start dates in your plan, such as six months after hire date, or start
of calendar year after hire date.

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Ineligibility Period
Check any ineligibility period (which is a time when a new participant accrues time but
cannot use it, so it does not appear credited to him or her until the end of the period). If
the eligibility period is still in force at the calculation date (or, if your formula does not
handle partial accrual periods, on the end date of the last accrual period used in the
calculation) set the gross accrual to zero.

Inactive Assignment
Check whether the employee's assignment has been active throughout the period for
which you are calculating accruals. Depending on your plan rules, your employees
might not accrue time when their assignments are inactive, or they might accrue time at
a reduced rate. You can use the function GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS to check the
assignment status on each day from period start date to period end date and return the
number of inactive working days.

Writing Formulas To Calculate Absence Duration


You can write a formula to calculate absence duration automatically when a user enters
an absence start and end date, or time. Your localization team may have written a
formula, which the system will use by default. However, if you need a configured
formula to take account of special work hours or shift patterns, you can create a new
formula that will override the supplied one. You can create one formula for each
Business Group.
Your formula must be called: BG_ABSENCE_DURATION. You must select the formula
type QuickPaint.
The formula inputs must be:
• days_or_hours (units for the duration: D or H)

• time_start, time_end

• date_start, date_end

The formula outputs must be:


• duration (the calculated value or FAILED)

• invalid_msg (optional - an error message name)

Use the supplied example formula (TEMPLATE_ABSENCE_DURATION) as the basis


for your formulas.

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Entitlement
You can write a formula to be used to calculate whether a person is eligible to receive a
collective agreement entitlement. This can be used when defining an eligibility profile
to be used in conjunction with a collective agreement, instead of selecting criteria
elements. You select the formula as a rule when defining the eligibility profile.
Your formula name can be whatever you like. You must select the formula type CAGR.
There are no formula inputs for this formula type.
The formula outputs depend on the category of the entitlement with which this formula
is to be used. If the category is Absence, Payroll, or Assignment, then the output values
are:
• Value

• Range From

• Range To

If the category is Pay Scale, then the output values are


• Parent_Spine_ID

• Step_ID

• From_Step_ID

• To_Step_ID

• Grade_Spine_ID

The contexts for this formula type are:


• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• PAYROLL_ID

• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• DATE_EARNED

• ORGANIZATION_ID

• TAX_UNIT_ID

• PERSON_ID

Use the supplied example formulas HR_CAGR_TEMPLATE (for Absence, Payroll, or

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Assignment categories) and HR_CAGR_PYS_TEMPLATE (for Pay Scale categories) as
the basis for your formulas.

Editing Assignment Set Formulas


Assignment set formulas do not normally need to be edited. If, however, you enter
multiple criteria to define an assignment set, with conditions joined by AND or OR, you
may want to edit the formula to change the brackets in the generated conditions. This
changes the order in which the conditions are tested.
To view an assignment set formula, query it in the Formula window. The formula type
is Assignment Set and the formula name is the same as the assignment set name. To edit
an assignment set formula, make a copy, as for a QuickPaint formula.

Writing Formulas for Templates


There are several ways you can use formulas to configure the people management
templates:
• A Template Validation formula can check values entered in a field.

• A Template Information formula can specify information to be displayed from the


right mouse menu when a user right-clicks in a field.

• A People Management Message formula can return a text string to display in the
Assignment field on the Maintenance window and in the Data Organizer.

• A People Management Message formula can return message tokens that you can
use in a notification message issued from template forms.

Template Validation Formulas


If you use a formula to validate user entries in template fields, you must observe the
following rules:
• Select the formula type Template Validation in the Formulas window.

• There can be up to five inputs, and they must be called item1, item2, item3, item4,
and item5.

• The formula can return up to three outputs, which must be named as follows:
• Status, which must have the value 's' if the validation was successful. Any other
value is interpreted as an error.

• Message, which is a text variable. The formula can return a message with
validation statuses of success, failure, or both.

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• Item, which is the new value of the field that is being validated.

After creating the formula, you select it in the Validation Formula property for the field
when you are setting up the template in the People Management Configurator. You can
also enter up to five parameters to be passed to the formula, including the value you are
validating. For example, you might enter the name of another field on the template if
you want the formula to cross-validate the value in one field against another.

Example
Here is a formula that validates the entry in the Organization field on the Maintenance
window. It raises an error if the entry is not Corporate Finance.
/* Updateable Values Section */

/* Defaults Section */

/* Inputs Section */

INPUTS ARE item1 (text)

/* Main Body of Formula */

organization_name = item1

status = 's'

message = ' '

IF organization_name <> 'Corporate Finance' THEN

message = 'Organization must be Corporate Finance'

status = 'f'

RETURN message, status

When you are setting up the template in the People Management Configurator, select
the Organization (Maintain) item. Select the name of your formula as the Validation
Formula property and select Organization (Maintain) as the Validation Formula
Parameter 1 property. This passes and validates the value the user enters, not any codes
or table identifiers to which it may be related.

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Template Information Formulas
If you write a formula to return additional information for a field, you must observe the
following rules:
• Select the formula type Template Information in the Formulas window.

• There can be up to five inputs, and they must be called item1, item2, item3, item4,
and item5.

• The formula can return one text output, which must be called Message. This is the
information that is displayed when the user right clicks in the field and selects a
prompt that you define in the right mouse menu.

After creating the formula, you select it in the Information Formula property for the
field when you are setting up the template in the People Management Configurator.
You can also enter up to five parameters to be passed to the formula. For example, if
you were specifying an information formula for the job field, you might enter the name
of the organization field so that the formula can return different additional job
information depending on the organization.

Example
Here is a formula that returns contact information to be displayed from the Supervisor
field.
/* Updateable Values Section */

/* Defaults Section */

DEFAULT FOR sup_work_phone IS ' '

DEFAULT FOR sup_email_address IS ' '

/* Inputs Section */

/* Main Body of Formula */

message = 'Supervisor Contact Details||CHR(10)||'Telephone:

'||sup_work_phone||CHR(10)||'Email: '||sup_email_address

RETURN message

People Management Message Formula for Assignment Field


Applicant and employee assignments are listed by name in the Data Organizer in the
template Summary window and in the Assignment field on the Maintenance window.
Since assignments do not have names, you can choose what assignment information is

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displayed as a name to help your users select the assignments they want to work with.
By default, assignments are identified as <job>.<organization>, such as Senior
Manager.Engineering. However, you can choose any other database items to display.
If you want to override the default, write a formula (of type People Management
Message) called ASSIGNMENT_NAME. This formula must return a text string. If there
is no formula called ASSIGNMENT_NAME on the database, the system uses the
predefined formula QH_ASSIGNMENT_NAME.
The QH_ASSIGNMENT_NAME formula is as follows:
/* Updateable Values Section */

/* Defaults Section */

DEFAULT FOR asg_job IS ' '

DEFAULT FOR asg_org IS ' '

/* Inputs Section */

/* Main Body of Formula */

assignment_name = asg_job||'.'||asg_org

RETURN assignment_name

People Management Message Formulas for Message Tokens


If you write a formula to return messge tokens, you must observe the following rules:
• Select the formula type People Management Message in the Formulas window.

• The formula must have the same name as the notification message that will use the
tokens.

• The formula can return up to five text outputs, which must be named FF1, FF2, FF3,
FF4 and FF5.

Example
Suppose you want to include an employee's preferred name in a New Hire notification.
The New Hire notification is called NEW_STARTER, so you create a formula of the
same name that returns this name in the variable FF1:
/* Updateable Values Section */

/* Defaults Section */

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DEFAULT FOR per_known_as IS ' '

/* Inputs Section */

/* Main Body of Formula */

FF1 = per_known_as

RETURN FF1

Then you edit the New Hire notification to include the FF1 variable. For example:
Please note, that we have a new employee as of &HIRE_DATE.
They are &FULL_NAME (&EMPLOYEE_NUMBER).
Known as: &FF1.
Their new job details are:
Position: &POSITION
Job: &JOB
Organization: &ORGANIZATION
Location: &LOCATION

Writing Proration Formulas


When the payroll run encounters an event (such as a grade change) that you have
defined as a proration event for the element being processed, it creates two run results
for the element--one for the payroll period up to the day before the event, and one from
the date of the event to the end of the period. You must define a formula to handle this
proration processing for the element. There are two ways to do this:
• Edit the element's Oracle Payroll formula so that it can handle proration, or

• Create an additional formula to run after the Oracle Payroll formula only in periods
when a proration event is encountered. You select this formula in the Proration
Formula field on the Proration tab of the Element window.

Using a separate proration formula has the advantage that proration takes place even
when you enter a pay value directly on the element entry. Embedding the proration
calculation in the Oracle Payroll formula avoids the overhead of calling the second
formula in periods when proration events occur.
If you want to write a proration formula, you must follow these rules:
• Select the formula type Payroll Run Proration.

• The formula inputs can be:

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• any of the element input values

• prorate_start (DATE)

• prorate_end (DATE)

• The formula outputs can be:


• any of the element input values

Your localization team may have created example formulas that you can use as the
basis for your own formulas.

Writing Formulas for EEO Employment Categories


Use Oracle FastFormula to map your employment categories to the output values
required for EEO4 and EEO5 reports. The EEO reports pick the list of employment
categories from the formula.
Your formula must have the name PQH_EMPLOYMENT_CATEGORY, and the
formula type must be Element Input Validation. If you want to use this formula, you
must define it for each business group.
If you do not create a formula for employment categories, the default employment
category list is used:
• FR - Full-time regulars

• FT - Full-time temps

• PR - Part-time regulars

• PT - Part-time temps

The formula output values are:


• Full_Time_Regulars

• Full_Time_Temps

• Part_Time_Regulars

• Part_Time_Temps

In the example below, employees with employment categories FR and FRD are treated
as full-time regulars; those with employment categories FT, FTL, and FTJ are treated as
full-time temporaries; those with PR are treated as as part-time regulars; and those with
PT are treated as part-time temporaries.

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/*Comma separated list of the employment categories with no spaces in
between */

full_time_regulars = 'FR,FRD'

full_time_temps = 'FT,FTL,FTJ'

part_time_regulars = 'PR'

part_time_temps = 'PT'

RETURN full_time_regulars, full_time_temps, part_time_regulars,


part_time_temps;

Writing Formulas for Person Number Generation


When automatic local person numbering is in effect, Oracle HRMS allocates numbers
for a person type (employees, contingent workers, or applicants) from a number
sequence that is specific to the business group. When global person numbering is in
effect, Oracle HRMS allocates numbers for a person type from a single global sequence
across all business groups.
You can write a formula of type Person Number Generation to generate a global custom
number sequence in place of the default local or global sequence. Once you have
defined and validated a formula, Oracle HRMS executes the formula whenever
automatic person numbering is active and a person number is required.

Formula Names and Parameters


The formula names for the Person Number Generation type are:
• EMP_NUMBER_GENERATION (for employee numbers)

• APL_NUMBER_GENERATION (for applicant numbers)

• CWK_NUMBER_GENERATION (for contingent worker numbers)

You can define only one formula for each person type.

Important: You must define person number generation formulas in the


Setup business group, and they must have the names shown here. The
formulas have no effect if you define them in any other business group
or if you do not use the specified names.

The formula context value is Business Group ID.


The formula inputs are:

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• Legislation code

• Person type

• Person number

• Party ID

• Person ID

• Date of birth

• Start date (which is the hire date for employees, the latest start date for applicants,
and the placement start date for contingent workers)

• National identifier

The person number and person ID parameters are null when you create a new person
record and nonnull when you update an existing person record. Although you cannot
change a person number when you update a person record, Oracle HRMS checks that
the number is valid. If the number is not valid (for example, if it is null), Oracle HRMS
may execute the person number generation formula.
The formula outputs are:
• Next person number

• Completion message (for example, an error message)

The following general rules apply to person number formulas:


• Gaps in the number sequence are valid.

• Oracle HRMS checks that numbers from a custom sequence are unique in the
business group.

• A custom number sequence applies to all business groups. However, you can write
a formula that works differently in each business group.

• You can manage other business needs in the logic of the formula. For example, you
may want employees to keep their employee numbers when they transfer to
different business groups.

HR: Use Global Person Numbering Option


To use the default global person number sequence for a person type, you run the
process "Change automatic person number generation to global sequencing," for the
person type (Applicant, Contingent Worker, or Employee). This process sets the
appropriate user profile option (HR: Use Global Applicant Numbering, HR: Use Global
Contingent Worker Numbering, or HR: Use Global Employee Numbering) to Yes.

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You do not need to run this process if you define a valid custom formula. The HR: Use
Global Person Numbering options control the default global person number sequences
only.
If you both define a valid formula for generating person numbers and run the process
"Change automatic person number generation to global sequencing," Oracle HRMS
writes this message to the log: "A valid custom formula for generating person numbers
exists. The default global number sequence will not be used." However, if the custom
formula becomes invalid or you delete it, Oracle HRMS switches to the default global
person number sequence because the profile option is set to Yes. Otherwise, Oracle
HRMS switches to the default local sequence.
See Writing or Editing a Formula, page 1-146

Writing Formulas for Rating Competencies and Objectives


During an appraisal, you can:
• Allocate performance, proficiency, and weighting values to individual
competencies. HRMS supplies standard formulas that calculate a competency line
score (the overall rating for an individual competency) based on specified
combinations of each appraisal participant's performance, proficiency, and
weighting values. Alternatively, you can define a formula to calculate competency
line scores. This formula is of type Appraisal Competency Line Scoring.

• Allocate performance ratings to individual objectives. You can select each rating
from a predefined performance-rating scale that you identify in the objective
assessment template. Alternatively, you can define a formula to calculate ratings for
individual objectives. This formula is of type Appraisal Objective Line Scoring.

• Allocate an overall rating to the appraisee. You select this value from the
final-rating scale identified in the appraisal template. Alternatively, the application
can set this value automatically by calculating a total score for the appraisal based
on the final scores for competencies and objectives. This value appears as the
appraisee's suggested overall rating in the Final Ratings page of the appraisal. To
produce this value, you write a formula of type Appraisal Total Scoring.

For more information about how the application calculates competency and objective
scores, see Assessing Competencies and Objectives, Oracle HRMS Workforce Sourcing,
Deployment, and Talent Management Guide

Appraisal Objective Line Scoring


The formula context values are:
• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• ASSIGNMENT_ID

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• ORGANIZATION_ID

• PERSON_ID

• DATE_EARNED (effective date)

The formula input values are:


• performance (number)

• weighting (number)

• line_object_id (number)

• appraisal_id (number)

• appr_template_id (number)

• appr_system_type (text)

• appr_type (text)

The formula output value is line_score (number).


HRMS provides sample formulas PERF and PERF_X_WEIGHTING. See: Sample
Appraisal Objective Line Scoring Formulas, page 1-202

Appraisal Competency Line Scoring


The formula context values are:
• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• ORGANIZATION_ID

• PERSON_ID

• DATE_EARNED (effective date)

The formula input values are:


• performance (number)

• proficiency (number)

• weighting (number)

• line_object_id (number)

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• appraisal_id (number)

• appr_template_id (number)

• appr_system_type (text)

• appr_type (text)

The formula output value is line_score (number).


HRMS provides sample formulas PERF_X_WEIGHTING, PERF_X_PROF, and
PROF_X_WEIGHTING. See: Sample Appraisal Competency Line Scoring Formulas,
page 1-206

Appraisal Total Scoring


The formula context values are:
• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• ORGANIZATION_ID

• PERSON_ID

• DATE_EARNED (effective date)

The formula input values are:


• competency_score (number)

• objective_score (number)

• appraisal_id (number)

• appr_template_id (number)

• appr_system_type (text)

• appr_type (text)

The formula output value is final_rating (number).


Note that the Appraisal Total Score formula must return a rating level ID associated
with a level from the final-rating scale identified in the appraisal template. The
application generates rating level IDs automatically. For simplicity, the sample
Appraisal Total Score formulas return a level value (such as 1, 2, or 3) rather than the
required rating level ID. To obtain the rating level ID:
1. In the Rating Scales window, query the final-rating scale identified in the appraisal

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template.

2. Select the first level value (for example, 1).

3. From the Help menu, select Diagnostics, then Examine. The Examine Field and
Variable Values window appears.

4. Select the Field value RATING_LEVEL_ID. The rating level ID appears in the Value
field.

Repeat this procedure for each level in the rating scale.


HRMS provides sample formulas AVG_COMP_AND_OBJ and
SUM_COMP_AND_OBJ. See: Sample Appraisal Total Scoring Formulas, page 1-212

Writing or Editing a Formula


You can choose one of the following methods to write and edit formulas:
• FastFormula Assistant, which you can use to make changes without keeping
date-tracked records of your formulas or if you are new to formulas

• Formula window, which you can use to make changes and keep the date-tracked
history of your formulas

To write or edit a formula using the FastFormula Assistant:


1. Navigate to the Total Compensation : Basic menu and select the FastFormula
Assistant option that you require. The Global FastFormula Assistant option
provides access to formulas across all business groups whereas the FastFormula
Assistant option provides access to all formulas in the current business group only.

2. Follow the instructions on the FastFormula Assistant pages to find out how to write
and edit your formulas.

To write or edit a formula using the Formula window:


1. Set your effective date to the date when you want to begin using the formula.

2. To write a new formula, enter the formula's name and select a type. To edit an
existing formula, query its name.

Note: You cannot create formulas that exceed 64K in the Formula
window. You must split longer formulas into two.

3. Choose the Edit button to open a blank Edit Formula window where you can write

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a new formula, or modify an existing one.

4. If you want to select database items, choose the Show Items button to display the
Database Items window and run a query. Copy and paste items from this window
to the Edit Formula window.

5. If you want your formula to use input value names that have been translated from
English, choose the Input Values button. The Input Values window always displays
translated names if translated names exist. To include translated input value names
in your formula text, select the translated name and then choose the Paste Input
button to paste to your formula text.

6. When you finish writing or editing the formula, choose the Verify button to compile
it.
This process identifies any syntax errors in your formula.

Note: Once you have compiled any formula, new functions or


changes to existing functions made after the first time you compile,
are not used. You must logout of Oracle HRMS and login again.
You can now compile your formula and the new functions and/or
changes to existing functions will be included.

7. When the formula is verified successfully, save it.

8. Your next step depends on the type of formula:


• If the formula is of type Oracle Payroll, you must associate it with an element in
the Formula Result Rules window.

• If the formula is of type Element Skip, you select it in the Skip Rule field of the
Element window.

• If the formula is of type Element Input Validation, you select it in the Formula
field of the Input Values window when you are defining an element.

• If the formula is of type User Table Validation, you select it in the Formula field
of the Columns window when you are defining a user table structure.

• If the formula is of type Accrual, Accrual Carryover, or Accrual Ineligibility,


you select it in the Accrual Plan window.

• If the formula is of type Accrual Subformula, you call it from another formula
of type Accrual.

• If the formula is used for benefits administration, you select the formula in the
Rules field of the appropriate benefits window.

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Test your formula in the situation you intend to use it (such as, in a test payroll run)
to ensure it contains no logical errors.

Writing Payroll Formulas for Elements


If you have defined your own payroll elements, you can write formulas to calculate
earnings and deductions.
For guidance on writing efficient payroll calculation formulas, see: Formula Writing
Techniques, page 1-16. For important information about using element input values in
payroll formulas, see: Input Values in Payroll Formulas, page 1-24.

To define elements and their formulas:


1. Design your element and how it will be calculated.

2. Write any formulas required to validate input values (formula type = Element Input
Validation).

3. Write a formula, if required, to define the rules for skipping the element during
payroll processing (formula type = Element Skip).

4. Define the element, referencing any formulas written in steps 2, page 1-148 and 3,
page 1-148.

5. Write the formula or formulas for calculating the run results (formula type = Oracle
Payroll).

6. Associate each Oracle Payroll type formula with the element in the Formula Result
Rules window, and specify what happens to the formula results for this element.

Note: You can associate several formulas with a single element,


each one for use with a different employee assignment status. You
can also use the same formula for more than one element. In this
case, if the formula references pay or input values (through the
Inputs statement), each element must have pay and input values
with the same names.

Writing Formulas for Element Skip Rules


If your payroll policies require conditional processing of an element, you can write a
formula to define when the run should process the element and when it should skip it.
For example, your formula could specify:
• process the Union Fees element every run unless the Union_Fees_Paid balance is

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greater than 10 000.

Your skip rule formula must be consistent with other processing rules defined for the
element, such as frequency rules, which determine in which period the element is
normally processed. Notice that a skip rule cannot contravene any other processing
rules in place for the element.
You can associate only one element skip rule formula with each element. You must
write and validate the formula before you define the element so that you can select the
formula from a list on the Element window.

Note: Mexican elements do not employ skip rules.

To write a formula defining a skip rule:


1. Select formula type Element Skip in the Formulas window.

2. Use as many input values as you require. The formula must set and return a local
variable of type text, and this variable must be called skip_flag.
If the returned value of this variable begins with the letter y (such as 'Yes'), all
processing for the element is skipped. Otherwise the element processes as normal.
The following example of a skip rule formula defines that the Union Fees element is
not processed if the Union_Fees_Paid balance is greater than 10 000:
IF Union_Fees_Paid > 10000

THEN

skip_flag = 'yes'

ELSE

skip_flag = 'no'

RETURN skip_flag

Copying and Adding Features to a QuickPaint Formula


When you save a QuickPaint Report definition, a formula is generated automatically.
Formulas generated from QuickPaint do not include conditional logic or calculations.
You may want to add these features, for example to sum up compensation elements or
to report different data for different assignments.

Important: If you want to add features to a generated QuickPaint

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formula, you must copy the formula and edit the copy. If you edit the
original, your edits will be overwritten if the formula is regenerated
from the QuickPaint definition.

To make a copy of a QuickPaint formula:


1. In the Formula window, query your QuickPaint formula. It has the same name as
your QuickPaint report.

2. Choose the Edit button. Select and copy the formula in the Edit Formula window.

3. Choose New Record from the Edit menu.

4. Enter a name for your edited copy and select the type QuickPaint.

5. Paste the text of the QuickPaint formula into the Edit Formula window.

6. Save your work.

Writing Formulas for Validation


You can use Oracle FastFormula to validate user entries into the element input values,
and to user tables that you define.

To write a formula for validation purposes:


1. Write and validate the formula.
You must do this before you define the element or table, so that you can select the
formula from a list in the Element window or Columns window.

2. Define the element or table.

3. Select formula type Element Input Validation or User Table Validation in the
Formulas window.

Rules to Observe
• There must be one input value, of type text, and it must be called entry_value.

• The formula must set and return a local variable giving the status of the
validation (success or error). This variable must be called formula_status and
have the value 's' (success) or 'e' (error).

• Optionally, the formula can also return a text variable giving an explanatory
message. The returned message variable must be called formula_message and

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can contain any text. It can be returned with both successful and unsuccessful
statuses.

• The formula must not return any other results.

For an element input value validation formula, you must also observe the following
rules:
• You cannot use the element's other pay and input values in the formula.

• You cannot return a value to another pay or input value.

All entry values are stored in the database as text items. Therefore, if you want to
validate an entry value as a date or number, you must use Oracle FastFormula's
conversion function to convert the text into a date or number type variable. For
example:
TO_NUM (entry_value)

TO_DATE(entry_value,'DD-MON-YYYY')

Writing Formulas for Default Assignment Costing


You can write a formula to specify the cost allocation key flexfields and their
proportions that you use for default assignment costing.

Note: As a prerequisite, you must set the profile option HR: Default
Assignment Costing to Yes.

To write a formula for default assignment costing:


1. Open the Formula window.

2. Required: enter the formula name exactly as below:


• PER_DFLT_ASG_COST_ALLOCATION

3. Select a formula Type of Element Input Validation.

4. Enter a Description of the formula.

5. Choose the Edit button.

6. Write the formula. Oracle HRMS provides the following inputs:


• assignment_id (number)

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• business_group_id (number)

• position_id (number)

• effective_date (date)

Note: Because no context is set, do not use FastFormula Database


Items. Instead, use functions for complex formulas.

Use the sample code below as a guideline in writing your own formula.
USE_FORMULA = 'Y'

COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID1 = 101

COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID2 = 102

COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID3 = 103

PROPORTION1 = .5

PROPORTION2 = .3

PROPORTION3 = .2

RETURN USE_FORMULA,

COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID1, PROPORTION1,

COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID2, PROPORTION2,

COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID3, PROPORTION3

If the application does not return a value for USE_FORMULA; or, if the value for
USE_FORMULA is not equal to 'Y', the default assignment costing will not use the
accounts and proportions returned by the formula. Instead, default assignment
costing will be calculated based on the position control budget for the business
group, if one has been defined.
If USE_FORMULA = 'Y',the application creates the default assignment costing with
the cost allocation flexfield id (COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID%) and the
related proportion (PROPORTION%).
• If the COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID% does not contain a valid cost
allocation id for the business group,then that entry will be ignored.

• If the PROPORTION% is greater than 1, it will be treated as 1.

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• If the PROPORTION% is less than 0, the entry will be ignored.

Writing Formulas for Rate By Criteria Calculations


Rate By Criteria (RBC) uses four formula types to help determine eligibility and rate
definitions. You call a seeded FastFormula function, RBC_Rate_Retrieval, to pay an
employee through Oracle Payroll.
The function evaluates the eligible rate for an employee by processing the rate matrixes
in the employee's business group. If this function is called in the Payroll formula
attached to the element, it returns the Rate By Criteria rate for which the employee is
eligible. The element must be associated with a criteria rate definition.
Formula Types
RBC specifically uses the four formula types below. For further details on each type, see
the help topic Total Compensation Formula Types, page 1-93 and the OAB FastFormula
Reference Guide
[https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/showdoc?db=NOT&id=218059.1] on
Metalink

Formula Type Module Usage

Eligibility Access Eligibility Aids in setup of user-defined criteria and is


Calculation Criteria evaluated in the eligibility determination process
to retrieve the person information value for your
criteria.

Compensation Criteria Rate Determines a compensation amount to be used to


Calculation Definition pay a person from Rate by Criteria.

Rounding Criteria Rate Rounds a number to a specified place or decimal.


Definition

Preferential Rate Criteria Rate For a given criteria rate definition, if an employee
Calculation Definition is found eligible for multiple rates by the Rate by
Criteria API, the Preferential Rate Calculation
formula can resolve which of these rates/
combination of rates the employee receives.

The RBC Rate Retrieval Formula Function


To call the seeded RBC_Rate_Retrieval function from a formula, declare a local variable
within the Element FF text:
<local variable1> = RBC_Rate_Retrieval()

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The function includes predefined contexts, so you include no additional parameters.

Defining Global Values


Use global values to store information that does not change often, but you refer to
frequently, as for example Company Name, or company-wide percentages used in the
calculation of certain bonuses. You can use global values as variables in formulas by
simply referring to the global value by name.
You can never change a global value using a formula. You change global values in the
Globals window. Global values are datetracked so you can make date effective changes
ahead of time.
Global values are available to all formulas within a Business Group.

To define a global value:


1. Set your effective date to the date when you want to begin using the global value.

2. Enter a name, data type (number, text, or date), and value. You can also enter a
description.

Bulk Compiling Formulas


Where a formula has more than one version, you can compile all the versions in one
process using the Bulk Compile Formulas process. For example, you run this process
when you upgrade your legislative information, which contains formulas. The Bulk
Compile Formulas process automatically generates the Formula Wrapper.

To bulk compile formulas:


1. Select Single Request in the Submit a New Request window.

2. In the Name field, select Bulk Compile Formulas and submit your request.
You can define when you want to run this process using the schedule options.

Note: If you make any changes to a function after you have


compiled a formula that uses it, you need to recompile the formula
for the changes to take effect.

Generating the Formula Wrapper


To get the best performance for executing formulas from PLSQL you need to generate
the Formula Wrapper. The Bulk Compile Formulas process automatically generates the
Formula Wrapper.

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Note: You do not need to generate the Formula Wrapper to test a
formula.

To generate the Formula Wrapper:


1. Select Single Request in the Submit a New Request window.

2. In the Name field, select Generate Formula Wrapper and submit your request.
You can define when you want to run this process using the schedule options.

Registering a Function
You register a new function by naming and defining it, then creating contexts and
parameters for it. Contexts are environment values that do not get passed to the
function.
Where a function requires a mixture of contexts (from the FF_CONTEXTS table) and
parameters, the contexts should be listed first in the function header followed by the
function parameters. Only the function parameters, however, need to be used to call the
function from FastFormula.
For example, a function requires eight values: three contexts and five parameters. All
eight values are listed in the function header but only the five parameters are used to
call the function.
You register the class of the function as external. External functions are further PL/SQL
functions in addition to the ones already delivered with FastFormula. External
functions can use contexts and parameters.

To register a new function for Oracle FastFormula:


1. Enter a unique name for the new function.

2. Select date, number or text as its data type.

3. Select external as the class of the function.

4. Enter an alias for the function name if you require an alternative name for it. You
can also enter a description to explain what the function is for. The Alias and
Description fields are both optional.

5. Enter the definition of the function. Use the format: <package name>.<function
name>.

6. Save your entries.

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To enter context usage and parameter information:
1. Choose the Context Usages button.

2. In the Context Usages window, select as many context items as you require for the
function. The data type for each context displays automatically.

Note: The functionality that calls FastFormula, that is, QuickPaint


or Payroll Processing, determines what contexts FastFormula has
access to from the FF_CONTEXTS table.

3. Save your entries. The sequence number of each context is entered automatically
when you do this.

4. Close the Context Usages window and choose the Parameters button.

5. In the Parameters window, enter the parameters, or operands, you require to define
the function. Type and class display automatically.

6. Check the Optional check box if you want the corresponding parameter to be
optional.

7. Check the Continuing check box if you want the function to make more than one
call to the parameter.

Note: You cannot define a parameter as continuing unless you also


make it optional. However, an optional parameter does not have to
be continuing.

8. Save your entries.

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Sample Formulas

Sample Accrual Formula


This topic suggests how you can implement a whole range of accrual plan rules in your
Accrual formula. The suggestions are based on a simple formula, which is similar to the
seeded PTO_SIMPLE_MULTIPLIER formula. The sample formula is for a plan with the
following rules:
• An accrual term of one calendar year starting 01 January.

• Monthly accrual periods and a fixed accrual of 2 days per month.

• An accrual ceiling of 20 days, fixed within the formula.

• Accrual for new hires begins on whichever of these dates is the latest: hire date,
plan enrollment date, or continuous service date (which can be entered as an input
value when you enroll an employee in a plan).

The top level formula repeatedly calls another formula in a loop to calculate the accrual
for each period. Both the top level formula (PTO_ONE_YEAR_MULTIPLIER) and the
looping formula (PTO_PERIOD_ACCRUAL) are given below.
Formula

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1. /*----------------------------------------------

NAME : PTO_ONE_YEAR_MULTIPLER

This formula calculates the dates between which

an assignment is to accrue time

----------------------------------------------*/

2. DEFAULT FOR ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE IS

'31-DEC-4712' (date)

3. DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS

'31-DEC-4712' (date)

4. DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE IS

'31-DEC-4712' (date)

5. DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS

'31-DEC-4712' (date)

6. INPUTS ARE

Calculation_Date (date)

7. E = SET_NUMBER('CEILING', 20)

8. IF ASG_STATUS = 'Suspended' THEN


(
E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUAL_RATE', 0)
)
ELSE
(
E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUAL_RATE', 2)
)

9. Accruing_Frequency = 'M' /* Month */

10. Accruing_Multiplier = 1

11. E = SET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY',

Accruing_Frequency)

12. E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER',

Accruing_multiplier)

13. Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year = to_date

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('0101'||to_char(Calculation_Date,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

14. E = SET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR',

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year)

15. /*-----------------------------------------------

Set the start and end dates of the first accrual

period in the calculation year.

-----------------------------------------------*/

16. E = GET_PERIOD_DATES

(Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Frequency,

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Multiplier)

17. First_Period_SD = get_date('PERIOD_START_DATE')

18. First_Period_ED = get_date('PERIOD_END_DATE')

19. /*----------------------------------------------

Set the Calculation_Date to the Termination Date

if not null

--------------------------------------------- */

20. IF NOT (ACP_TERMINATION_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN

21. IF (ACP_TERMINATION_DATE < Calculation_Date) THEN

22. Calculation_Date = ACP_TERMINATION_DATE

23. /* ----------------------------------------------

Get the last whole period prior to the

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Calculation Date and ensure that it is within the

Year (if the Calculation Date is the End of a

Period then use that period)

---------------------------------------------- */

24. E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Calculation_Date,

Accruing_Frequency,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Multiplier)

25. Calculation_Period_SD = get_date('PERIOD_START_DATE')

26. Calculation_Period_ED = get_date('PERIOD_END_DATE')

27. IF (Calculation_Date <> Calculation_Period_ED)

THEN

28. E = GET_PERIOD_DATES

(ADD_DAYS(Calculation_Period_SD,-1),

Accruing_Frequency,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Multiplier)

29. Calculation_Period_SD = get_date('PERIOD_START_DATE')

30. Calculation_Period_ED = get_date('PERIOD_END_DATE')

31. /* ----------------------------------------------

Set the Continuous Service Global Variable using

the Continuous Service Date (if it was entered

when the employee enrolled in the plan) and

otherwise using hire date, whilst also ensuring

that the continuous service date is before the

Calculation Period.

--------------------------------------------- */

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32. IF (ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE WAS DEFAULTED)

THEN

33. (

E = set_date('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE',

ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE)

34. ELSE

35. E = set_date('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE',

ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)

36. Continuous_Service_Date = get_date('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')

37. /* ---------------------------------------------

Determine the date on which PTO actually starts

accruing based on Continuous Service Date, the

Start Date of the Calculation Year, and plan

Enrollment Start Date. Remember, we have already

determined whether to use hire date or CSD at

lines 32 to 35 above.

---------------------------------------------- */

38. Actual_Accrual_Start_Date =

greatest(ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE,

Continuous_Service_Date,

First_Period_SD)

39. /* ---------------------------------------------

Determine the start and end date of the first

accrual period to use in the accrual calculation.

Get the start and end dates of the accrual period

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in which the Actual Accrual Start Date falls. If

the Actual Accrual Start Date does not fall on

the first day of this period, start accruing from

the next period.

-----------------------------------------------*/

40. IF Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Period_SD

THEN

41. E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Actual_Accrual_Start_Date,

Accruing_Frequency,

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Multiplier)

42. Accrual_Start_Period_SD = get_date('PERIOD_START_DATE')

43. Accrual_Start_Period_ED = get_date('PERIOD_END_DATE')

44. IF Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > Accrual_Start_Period_SD THEN

45. E = GET_PERIOD_DATES

(add_days(Accrual_Start_Period_ED,1),

Accruing_Frequency,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Multiplier)

46. Accrual_Start_Period_SD = get_date('PERIOD_START_DATE')

47. Accrual_Start_Period_ED = get_date('PERIOD_END_DATE')

48. ELSE

49. Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Period_SD

50. Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Period_ED

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51. /* --------------------------------------------

Now set up the information that will be used

when looping through the periods

--------------------------------------------- */

52. IF Calculation_Period_ED >= Accrual_Start_Period_ED THEN

53. E = set_date('PERIOD_SD',Accrual_Start_Period_SD)

54. E = set_date('PERIOD_ED',Accrual_Start_Period_ED)

55. E = set_date('LAST_PERIOD_SD',Calculation_Period_SD)

56. E = set_date('LAST_PERIOD_ED',Calculation_Period_ED)

57. E = set_number('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',0)

58. E = LOOP_CONTROL('PTO_PERIOD_ACCRUAL')

59. Total_Accrued_PTO = get_number('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO')

60. IF Accrual_Start_Period_SD > Calculation_Period_ED THEN

61. Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Period_SD

62. Effective_start_date = Accrual_Start_Period_SD

63. Effective_end_date = Calculation_Date

64. Accrual_end_date = Calculation_Period_ED

65. RETURN Total_Accrued_PTO,

66. Effective_start_date,

67. Effective_end_date,

68. Accrual_end_date

Looping Formula

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1. /* ----------------------------------------------

NAME : PTO_PERIOD_ACCRUAL

This formula calculates the dates between which an

assignment is to accrue time

------------------------------------------------*/

2. /*------------------------------------------------

Get the global variable to be used in this formula

------------------------------------------------*/

3. Continuous_Service_Date = get_date('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')

4. Total_Accrued_PTO = get_number('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO')

5. Period_SD = get_date('PERIOD_SD')

6. Period_ED = get_date('PERIOD_ED')

7. Last_Period_SD = get_date('LAST_PERIOD_SD')

8. Last_Period_ED = get_date('LAST_PERIOD_ED')

9. Accrual_Rate = get_number('ACCRUAL_RATE')

10. Accruing_Frequency = get_text('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY')

11. Accruing_Multiplier = get_number('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER')

12. Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =

get_date('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR')

13. Ceiling = get_number('CEILING')

14. /* ----------------------------------------------

Calculate the Amount Accrued this Period

-----------------------------------------------*/

15. Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_Rate

16. /*-----------------------------------------------

Calculate any absence or bought/sold time etc. to

be accounted for in this period.

-----------------------------------------------*/

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17. Absence = GET_ABSENCE(Period_ED,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year)

18. CarryOver = GET_CARRY_OVER(Period_ED,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year)

19. Other = GET_OTHER_NET_CONTRIBUTION(Period_ED,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year)

20. Period_Others = CarryOver + Other - Absence

21. /* ----------------------------------------------

Now establish whether the Accrual this period has

gone over the ceiling if one exists

-----------------------------------------------*/

22. IF (Ceiling > 0) THEN

23. IF (Total_Accrued_PTO + Period_Accrued_PTO +

Period_Others > Ceiling) THEN

24. Amount_Over_Ceiling = Total_Accrued_PTO +

Period_Accrued_PTO + Period_Others - Ceiling

25. IF (Amount_Over_Ceiling > Period_Accrued_PTO)

THEN

26. Period_Accrued_PTO = 0

27. ELSE

28. Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO -

Amount_Over_Ceiling

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)

29. /*-----------------------------------------------

Set the Running Total

-----------------------------------------------*/

30. E = set_number

('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',Total_Accrued_PTO +

Period_Accrued_PTO)

31. /* ----------------------------------------------

Establish whether the current period is the last

one, if so end the processing, otherwise get the

next period

-----------------------------------------------*/

32. IF Period_SD = Last_Period_SD THEN

33. Continue_Processing_Flag = 'N'

34. ELSE

35. E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(ADD_DAYS(Period_ED,1),

Accruing_Frequency,

Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,

Accruing_Multiplier)

36. E = set_date('PERIOD_SD', get_date('PERIOD_START_DATE'))

37. E = set_date('PERIOD_ED', get_date('PERIOD_END_DATE'))

38. Continue_Processing_Flag = 'Y'

39. Return Continue_Processing_Flag

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Changing the Length of the Accrual Periods
The accrual period is determined by the variables Accruing_Frequency and
Accruing_Multiplier (lines 9 and 10 of the top level formula). You can set
Accruing_Frequency to M (month), D (day) or W (week). For example, if the frequency
is set to W and the multiplier set to 2, time is accrued every two weeks.
These examples use the calendar to measure the length of accrual periods. You can also
use payroll periods. In this case, you do not need to set the variables
Accruing_Frequency and Accruing_Multiplier. At lines 16, 24, 28, 41, and 45, replace the
call to get_period_dates with a call to get_payroll_period. For example, replace lines 24
to 26 with:
E = GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD (ADD_DAYS(Calculation_Period_SD, -1))

CALCULATION_PERIOD_SD = get_date('PAYROLL_PERIOD_START_DATE')

CALCULATION_PERIOD_ED = get_date('PAYROLL_PERIOD_END_DATE')

Changing the Accrual Term Start Date


The accrual term start date is set to 01 January at line 13 of the sample top level formula.
To use another fixed date (such as 01 June) replace this line with the following:
Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year = to_date

('0106'||to_char(Calculation_Date,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

If Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year > Calculation_Date then

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year =

add_months(Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year, -12)

To start an employee's accrual term on his or her hire date anniversary, replace line 13
with:

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Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year = to_date(

to_char(ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE,'DD-MM') ||

to_char(Calculation_Date,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

If Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year > Calculation_Date then

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year =

add_months(Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year, -12)

This example uses the ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE database item, although any


substitute may be used.

Adding Start Rules for New Hires


In this sample formula, accrual for new hires begins on whichever of these dates is the
latest: hire date, plan enrollment date, or continuous service date. However, you may
want your top level accrual formula to check whether there is a start rule defined for the
plan. The seeded PTO_PAYROLL_CALCULATION formula shows you how to do this.
In summary, the formula has to:
• Check which start rule was entered for the plan, and calculate the
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date accordingly.

• Get the first full accrual period following the First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date.

• Check whether the Actual_Accrual_Start_Date is after the


First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date and, if not, set the Accrual_Start_Period start and
end dates to the First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period start and end dates. This affects
lines 40 to 50 of the sample formula.

There are three seeded start rules: hire date, beginning of calendar year after hire date,
and six months after hire date. If you need a different start rule, define it as a value for
the Lookup Type US_ACCRUAL_START_TYPE. Then add a line to your formula, of
this form:
IF (ACP_START = '<your new Lookup Value>') THEN
(First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = <calculation for start date> )

Basing the Accrual Amount on Time or Pay Elements


You need to create database items for the element input values that determine the
accrual amount. Suppose plan participants accrue one hour for every 10 hours worked.
You could include this rule in your formula as follows:
Accrual = ACP_HOURS_WORKED / 10

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where ACP_HOURS_WORKED is a database item. This kind of calculation would be
found typically in the looping formula.

Using Up Front Accruals


The sample formula assumes that plan participants accrue a certain amount of time
each month. But in some plans, participants accrue their full entitlement at the start of
the accrual term. In this case the formula does not need to loop through each accrual
period.
Here is a very basic sample formula, assuming an accrual of 20 days for every calendar
year. There are no ineligibility rules or start rules in this example. It also does not
calculate the accrual for part years (for example, for employees joining the plan midway
through a year).
INPUTS ARE

Calculation_Date (date)

Total_Accrued_PTO = 20

Effective_start_date =

to_date('0101'||to_char(calculation_date, 'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

Effective_end_date =

to_date('3112'||to_char(calculation_date, 'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

Accrual_end_date =

to_date('0101'||to_char(calculation_date, 'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

RETURN Total_Accrued_PTO,

Effective_start_date,

Effective_end_date,

Accrual_end_date

Changing the Ceiling


In the sample top level formula, the ceiling is set at line 7. You can change the ceiling
within the formula, or set it to zero to remove the ceiling:
E = SET_NUMBER('CEILING', 0)

You can also set the ceiling outside the formula, using the Accrual Bands window or a
user table.

Changing the Date Used for Continuous Service


The continuous service date is used in the formula to determine when a new hire begins
to accrue time. If your plan has accrual bands based on length of service, this date also

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determines the amount the employee is eligible to accrue.
In the sample, length of service is calculated from hire date (using the database item
ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE) or the continuous service date input value, if it was
entered when the employee was enrolled in the plan (database item
ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE). Alternatively, you can define and use another
database item. For example, replace lines 32 to 36 of the top level formula with:
E = set_date('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE', <NEW_DATABASE_ITEM>)

Continuous_Service_Date = get_date('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')

Adding Rules for Suspended Assignments


Some accrual plans may not allow employees to accrue PTO while on certain types of
leave, such as maternity leave or study leave. In this case, your formula needs to check
the status of the assignment. You can use the function GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS.
Replace line 15 of the looping formula with:
Assignment_Inactive_Days = GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS(Period_SD, Period_ED)
IF Assignment_Inactive_Days <> 0 THEN
(
Working_Days = GET_WORKING_DAYS(Period_SD, Period_ED)
IF Working_Days = Assignment_Inactive_Days THEN
(
Multiplier = 0
)
ELSE
(
Multiplier = 1 - (Assignment_Inactive_Days /
Working_Days)
) )
ELSE
(
Multiplier = 1
)
Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_Rate * Multiplier

Adding Rules for Part Time Employees


You can use the ASG_EMPLOYMENT_CATEGORY database item to check whether the
assignment is part time or full time.
Suppose part timers accrue at only half the rate of full timers, and have a lower ceiling,
then replace lines 7 and 8 with:

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IF ASG_EMPLOYMENT_CATEGORY = 'FULL TIME' then

E = SET_NUMBER('CEILING', 20)

E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUAL_RATE', 2)

ELSE

E = SET_NUMBER('CEILING', 10)

E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUAL_RATE', 1)

If part time employees accrue at different rates depending on their hours as a


percentage of full time, you could set up HR budgets to record the value of each
assignment. Then you need to define a database item for the budget value.

Adding a Long Service Leave Entitlement


If you want to see how much long service leave has been awarded to an employee in
the Accruals window, you need to set up a separate accrual plan. Otherwise, you can
include the entitlement in the standard accrual plan. The following approach adds the
long service accrual in a single accrual period, ignoring the usual accrual ceiling.
Suppose employees are entitled to a one time bonus of 10 extra days after 15 years of
service. First, in the top level formula, add the following after line 57 to set up a variable
that can be accessed in the looping formula:
e = set_number('LONG_SERVICE_ACCRUAL', 0)

Then, in the looping formula, calculate years service to ascertain whether the employee
is entitled to long service leave. Add the following after line 13:
years_service = floor(months_between(period_ed,

continuous_service_date)/12)

Next, set up a variable that can be used later to detect whether long service accrual has
already been added. After line 29, add:

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long_service_accrual = get_number('LONG_SERVICE_ACCRUAL')

IF (years_service > 15) and long_service_accrual = 0 THEN

long_service_accrual = 10

e = set_number('LONG_SERVICE_ACCRUAL', long_service_accrual)

ELSE

long_service_accrual = 0

Finally, add any long service accrual to the total accrual, ignoring the ceiling. Replace
line 30 with:
E = set_number('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',Total_Accrued_PTO +

Period_Accrued_PTO + long_service_accrual)

Using Accrual Bands Based on Length of Service


The seeded looping formulas demonstrate how to use accrual bands based on length of
service criteria (entered in the Accrual Bands window). To change the sample formulas
to use accrual bands:
In the top level formula:
• Remove lines 7 and 8

• Add the following after line 57:

E = set_number('ANNUAL_RATE',0)

E = set_number('UPPER_LIMIT',0)

E = set_number('CEILING',0)

In the looping formula


• Remove lines 9, 10, 11, and 13

• Add the following after line 12:

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Annual_Rate = get_number('ANNUAL_RATE')

Upper_Limit = get_number('UPPER_LIMIT')

Ceiling = get_number('CEILING')

Years_Service = Floor(Months_Between(Period_ED,

Continuous_Service_Date)/12)

/*----------------------------------------------

If the Upper Limit was defaulted or years service

is greater than or equal to the upper limit of

the current band reset the globals to the

appropriate band.

-----------------------------------------------*/

IF (Upper_Limit = 0 OR Years_Service >= Upper_Limit) THEN

If (GET_ACCRUAL_BAND(Years_Service) = 0) THEN

Annual_Rate = get_number('ANNUAL_RATE')

Upper_Limit = get_number('UPPER_LIMIT')

Ceiling = get_number('CEILING')

ELSE /*function returned an error */

Continue_Processing_Flag = 'N'

Return Continue_Processing_Flag

Accrual_Rate = Annual_Rate / 12

Changing the Length of Service Units


Normally the bands entered in the Accrual Bands window refer to years. However, you
can change the formula to interpret the bands as another unit, such as six months. In the

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sample given above to change the looping formula to use accrual bands, you would
simply replace '12' with '6' in the line:
Years_Service = Floor(Months_Between(Period_ED,

Continuous_Service_Date)/12)

Using Accrual Bands Based on Other Criteria


You can set up a user table to hold the values you require. For example:

  Accrual Ceiling Max Carry Over

Grade A 20 25 5

Grade B 24 25 8

You can also base your accrual bands on a combination of criteria (such as grade and
length of service). In this case, you need to set up separate user tables for each value
you want to hold (such as accrual amount, ceiling and maximum carry over). The table
for accrual amount might look like this:

  Grade A Grade B

0 to 5 years service 20 25

5 to 50 years service 24 28

To use data from a user table in a formula, use the GET_TABLE_VALUE function:
yearly_accrual = get_table_value(<table_name>, <column_name>,
<row_value>, <effective_date>)

The effective date parameter is optional. Example:


yearly_accrual = get_table_value ('MY_TABLE', 'GRADE A', 5)

Sample Proration Formula


This is a sample formula for calculating union dues. It serves as an example of how to
use the core proration functionality.

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/* $Header: pyusvoldedtmpltf.hdt 115.4 2004/05/20 17:16:32 meshah noship
$ */

/*
+======================================================================+

| Copyright (c) 1993 Oracle |

| Redwood Shores, California, USA


|

| All rights reserved.


|

+======================================================================+

*/

/********************************************************************

Checking version_chek 115.3 This version will be returned

$Header: pyusvoldedtmpltf.hdt 115.4 2004/05/20 17:16:32 meshah noship $

#dbdrv: none

FORMULA NAME: SYSTEM_DEDN_CALC_FORMULA

DESCRIPTION: Contains formula to handle ALL

generated deductions.

*********************************************************************

FORMULA TEXT

Formula Results :

dedn_amt Direct Result for Deduction Amount

bene_er_contr Indirect Result for Benefit Employer Charges

not_taken Update Deduction Recurring Entry Not Taken

to_arrears Update Deduction Recurring Entry Arrears Contr

to_purch_bal Indirect Result for Bond Purchase

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STOP_ENTRY Stop current recurring entry

to_total_owed Update Deduction Recurring Entry Accrued

bond_refund Indirect Result for Bond Refund

clear_repl_amt Update Recurring Replacement_Amount

clear_addl_amt Update Recurring Additional_Amount

mesg Message (Warning)

**********************************************************************/

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/* ===== Database Item Defaults Begin ===== */

default for UNION_DUES_ROW_TYPE is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for UNION_DUES_PAYROLL_TABLE is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for UNION_DUES_PARTIAL_EE_CONTRIBUTIONS is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for UNION_DUES_ACCRUED_ASG_ITD is 0

default for UNION_DUES_ARREARS_ASG_ITD is 0

default for UNION_DUES_TOWARD_BOND_PURCHASE_ASG_ITD is 0

default for UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE is'0001/01/01 00:00:00' (DATE)

default for PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE is'0001/01/01 00:00:00' (DATE)

Default for UNION_DUES_ADDITIONAL_ASG_GRE_ITD is 0

Default for UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD is 0

Default for UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_RUN is 0

Default for UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_YTD is 0

/* 330329 begin */

Default for UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH is 0

/* 330329 end */

default for REGULAR_EARNINGS_ASG_RUN is 0

default for NET_ASG_RUN is 0

default for ARREARS_FLAG is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for TERMINATED_EMPLOYEE is 'N'

default for FINAL_PAY_PROCESSED is 'N'

default for ELEMENT_CATEGORY is ' '

default for PER_AGE is 0

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default for ASG_SALARY is 0

default for UNION_DUES_OVERLIMIT_ASG_GRE_RUN is 0

default for UNION_DUES_ELIGIBLE_COMP_ASG_RUN is 0

/* ===== Database Item Defaults End ===== */

/* ===== Input Value Defaults Begin ===== */

default for Purchase_Price is 0

default for Total_Owed is 0

default for Towards_Owed (text) is 'Y'

default for Clear_Arrears (text) is 'N'

default for Amount is 0

default for Percentage is 0

default for Table_Column (text) is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for Coverage (text) is 'NOT ENTERED'

default for EE_Contr is 0

default for ER_Contr is 0

default for Guaranteed_Net is 0

default for prorate_start is '01-JAN-1900' (date)

default for prorate_end is '01-JAN-1900' (date)

/* ===== Input Value Defaults End ===== */

/* ===== Inputs Section Begin ===== */

Inputs are

Amount /* Flat Amount calc rule */

,Percentage /* % Earnings calc rule */

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,Table_Column (text) /* Payroll Table calc rule */

,Coverage (text) /* Ben Table calc rule */

,EE_Contr /* Ben Table calc rule */

,ER_Contr /* Ben Table calc rule */

,Purchase_Price /* EE Bond Price */

,Guaranteed_Net /* Involuntary
Garnishment dedn */

,Total_Owed /* Total Reached stop rule */

,Towards_Owed (text) /* Total Reached stop rule */

,Clear_Arrears (text) /* Clears down any amount in


arrears */

, PRORATE_START (Date)

, PRORATE_END (Date)

/* ===== Inputs Section End ===== */

/* ===== Latest balance creation begin ==== */

SOE_run = UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_RUN

SOE_ytd = UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_YTD

Dedn_report_dummy = UNION_DUES_ACCRUED_ASG_ITD

/* ===== Latest balance creation end ==== */

dedn_amt = 0

/* ===== AMOUNT CALCULATION SECTION BEGIN ===== */

IF Percentage WAS DEFAULTED THEN /* NOT % Earnings */

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IF Table_Column WAS DEFAULTED THEN /* NOT Payroll Table */

IF Coverage WAS DEFAULTED THEN /* NOT Benefits Table */

IF Amount WAS DEFAULTED THEN /* NOT Flat Amount either! */

IF UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD WAS DEFAULTED OR

UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD = 0 THEN

( /* No calculation method found for element */

mesg = 'UNION_DUES: Could not find appropriate values to


calculate deduction.'

RETURN mesg

ELSE

(dedn_amt = UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

/* Not subject to dedn_freq_factor */

clear_repl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

ELSE /* Flat Amount */

IF UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD WAS DEFAULTED OR

UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD = 0 THEN

deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

dedn_amt = Amount * deduction_frequency_factor

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/* 330329 begin */

/* 401566 and 510356 : */

IF UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Calendar Month' THEN

IF (dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH -
Amount ) <= .02 AND

( UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH + dedn_amt) > Amount THEN

dedn_amt = Amount - UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

/* 330329 end */

ELSE

(deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

dedn_amt = UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD *
deduction_frequency_factor

clear_repl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

ELSE /* Using Benefits Table */

IF UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD WAS DEFAULTED OR

UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD = 0 THEN

(deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

/* Check that user has not entered explicit value in input


val: */

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IF EE_Contr WAS DEFAULTED THEN

dedn_amt = 0 * deduction_frequency_factor

/* 330329 begin */

/* 401566 and 510356 : */

IF UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Calendar Month' THEN

IF (dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

- 0 ) <= .02 AND

(UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH + dedn_amt) > 0 THEN

dedn_amt = 0 - UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

/* 330329 end */

ELSE

( dedn_amt = EE_Contr * deduction_frequency_factor

/* 330329 begin */

/* 401566 and 510356 : */

IF UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Calendar Month' THEN

IF ( dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH - EE_Contr)


<= .02 AND

( UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH + dedn_amt) > EE_Contr THEN

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dedn_amt = EE_Contr - UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

/* 330329 end */

/* Check that user has not entered explicit value in input


val: */

IF ER_Contr WAS DEFAULTED THEN

bene_er_contr = 0 * deduction_frequency_factor

ELSE

bene_er_contr = ER_Contr * deduction_frequency_factor

ELSE /* An override Deduction Amount has been entered. */

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( dedn_amt = UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

clear_repl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

/* Still check for input value for ER Contr: */

IF ER_Contr WAS DEFAULTED THEN

bene_er_contr = 0 * deduction_frequency_factor

ELSE

bene_er_contr = ER_Contr * deduction_frequency_factor

/* EE Contr from Benefits Contributions table has been


overridden. */

ELSE /* Using Payroll Table */

IF UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD WAS DEFAULTED OR

UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD = 0 THEN

/* not overridden */

IF UNION_DUES_ROW_TYPE WAS DEFAULTED THEN

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------

CUSTOMER : Remove the following 2 lines and insert your own call to

Get_Table_Value if you are not using our Row Type field in

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the Element Additional Information

---------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

mesg = 'UNION_DUES: Could not find a Row Type for this payroll
table.'

RETURN mesg

ELSE

IF UNION_DUES_ROW_TYPE = 'AGE' THEN

(deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

table_amount = To_Number (

Get_Table_Value(

UNION_DUES_PAYROLL_TABLE,

Table_Column,

To_Char(PER_AGE) ) )

dedn_amt = table_amount * deduction_frequency_factor

/* 330329 begin */

/* 401566 and 510356 : */

IF UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Calendar Month' THEN

IF (dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH - table_amount)


<= .02 AND

( UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH + dedn_amt) > table_amount


THEN

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dedn_amt = table_amount - UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

/* 330329 end */

ELSE

IF UNION_DUES_ROW_TYPE = 'SAL' THEN

(deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

table_amount = To_Number (

Get_Table_Value(

UNION_DUES_PAYROLL_TABLE,

Table_Column,

To_Char(ASG_SALARY) ) )

dedn_amt = table_amount * deduction_frequency_factor

/* 330329 begin */

/* 401566 and 510356 : */

IF UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Calendar Month' THEN

IF (dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH -
table_amount) <= .02 AND

( UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH + dedn_amt ) >


table_amount THEN

dedn_amt = table_amount - UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

/* 330329 end */

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ELSE

( deduction_frequency_factor =
dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

table_amount = To_Number ( Get_Table_Value(

UNION_DUES_PAYROLL_TABLE,

Table_Column,

'NOT ENTERED' ) )

dedn_amt = table_amount * deduction_frequency_factor

/* 330329 begin */

/* 401566 and 510356 : */

IF UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Calendar Month' THEN

IF (dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH -
table_amount) <= .02 AND

( UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH + dedn_amt) >


table_amount THEN

dedn_amt = table_amount - UNION_DUES_ASG_GRE_MONTH

/* 330329 end */

ELSE /* Payroll table lookup overridden */

( dedn_amt = UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

clear_repl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

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ELSE /* Percent of Earnings Balance amount rule */

IF UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD WAS DEFAULTED OR

UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD = 0 THEN

/* Not Overridden */

/*
---------------------------------------------------------------------

CUSTOMER : The formula is generated with a default to use the Eligible

Compensation to calculate % of Earnings. The


Eligible Compensation

balance is initially defined with a balance feed


from the Regular

Earnings balance.

You can modify the earnings basis for this


calculation by

adding and deleting balance feeds to the

UNION_DUES_ELIGIBLE_COMP balance.

If you want the formula to use another balance


of earnings in

the run, replace the


UNION_DUES_ELIGIBLE_COMP_ASG_RUN database item

reference below with the database item for the


balance of choice :

<BALANCE_NAME_IN_UPPERCASE/UNDERSCORES>_ASG_RUN

---------------------------------------------------------------------

*/

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(deduction_frequency_factor = dedn_freq_factor(UNION_DUES_PERIOD_TYPE)

dedn_amt = (Percentage * UNION_DUES_ELIGIBLE_COMP_ASG_RUN / 100)


* deduction_frequency_factor

ELSE

(dedn_amt = UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

clear_repl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

/* ===== AMOUNT CALCULATION SECTION END ===== */

/* ===== Template Adjustments Section Begin ===== */

dedn_amt = dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ADDITIONAL_ASG_GRE_ITD

IF UNION_DUES_ADDITIONAL_ASG_GRE_ITD <> 0 THEN

clear_addl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_ADDITIONAL_ASG_GRE_ITD

IF UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD <> 0 THEN

clear_repl_amt = -1 * UNION_DUES_REPLACEMENT_ASG_GRE_ITD

/* ===== Template Adjustments Section Begin ===== */

/*

*******

For Pretax Deduction processing...

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make the break here between calc and withholding ffs.

To do this, the following input values must be passed between

calc and withholding elements:

1. Clear Arrears

2. Guaranteed Net

3. Total Owed

4. Towards Owed

5. Purchase Price (if Pretax EE Bonds are valid requirement).

*******

*/

/* ===== Arrears Section Begin ===== */

IF Clear_Arrears = 'N' THEN

temp_to_arrears = 0

temp_not_taken = 0

dedn_amt = arrearage( UNION_DUES_PARTIAL_EE_CONTRIBUTIONS,

NET_ASG_RUN,

UNION_DUES_ARREARS_ASG_ITD,

Guaranteed_Net,

dedn_amt,

temp_to_arrears,

temp_not_taken)

IF temp_to_arrears <> 0 THEN

to_arrears = temp_to_arrears

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IF temp_not_taken <> 0 THEN

not_taken = temp_not_taken

ELSE /* Clear down arrears balance. */

to_arrears = -1 * UNION_DUES_ARREARS_ASG_ITD

set_clear = 'No'

temp_to_arrears = 0

temp_not_taken = 0

/* Call with 0 amount for ARREARS_ASG_ITD b/c balance has been


cleared. */

dedn_amt = arrearage( UNION_DUES_PARTIAL_EE_CONTRIBUTIONS,

NET_ASG_RUN,

0,

Guaranteed_Net,

dedn_amt,

temp_to_arrears,

temp_not_taken)

IF temp_to_arrears <> 0 THEN

to_arrears = to_arrears + temp_to_arrears

IF temp_not_taken <> 0 THEN

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not_taken = temp_not_taken

/* ===== Arrears Section End ===== */

/* ===== EE Bond Section Begin ===== */

IF Purchase_Price WAS NOT DEFAULTED THEN

( total_for_bond = dedn_amt +

UNION_DUES_TOWARD_BOND_PURCHASE_ASG_ITD

IF total_for_bond >= Purchase_Price THEN

/* Purchase new bonds - recalculate Toward Bond Purchase Balance */

( no_bonds = trunc ( total_for_bond / Purchase_Price )

mesg = 'UNION_DUES: Please purchase '||to_char(no_bonds)||'


bond(s) for this employee.'

to_purch_bal = (total_for_bond

- (no_bonds * Purchase_Price)

- UNION_DUES_TOWARD_BOND_PURCHASE_ASG_ITD)

ELSE

to_purch_bal = dedn_amt

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/* ===== EE Bond Section End ===== */

/* ===== Stop Rule Section Begin ===== */

IF Total_Owed WAS NOT DEFAULTED THEN

IF Towards_Owed = 'Y' THEN

/* Put towards total owed - ie reduce declining balance */

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(total_accrued = dedn_amt + UNION_DUES_ACCRUED_ASG_ITD

IF total_accrued > Total_Owed THEN

(dedn_amt = Total_Owed - UNION_DUES_ACCRUED_ASG_ITD

/* The total has been reached - the return will stop the entry
under

these conditions. Also, zero out Accrued balance. */

to_total_owed = -1 * UNION_DUES_ACCRUED_ASG_ITD

STOP_ENTRY = 'Y'

mesg = 'UNION_DUES entry has been stopped.'

ELSE /* Total Owed not reached yet. */

to_total_owed = dedn_amt

/* ===== Stop Rule Section End ===== */

/* ===== Final Pay Section Begin ===== */

IF (substr(ELEMENT_CATEGORY,1,5) != 'PENSN') AND

(TERMINATED_EMPLOYEE = 'Y' AND FINAL_PAY_PROCESSED = 'N') THEN

/* This IS final pay run, considerations:

1) Try and collect remainder of Total Owed;

(consider Partial Deduction, not Arrears)

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2) Refund EE Bond Towards Purchase balance

*/

/* Customer we will no longer end date an element in this

method. If you still desire to end date elements in

this way you may un comment this code.

*/

( /* STOP_ENTRY = 'Y'

mesg = 'UNION_DUES entry has been stopped.'

*/

IF Purchase_Price WAS DEFAULTED THEN /* IF not EE Bond then Return


*/

IF Total_Owed WAS NOT DEFAULTED THEN

/* Try and collect Total Owed. */

(dedn_left = Total_Owed - UNION_DUES_ACCRUED_ASG_ITD

IF NET_ASG_RUN > dedn_left THEN /* Recoup all Remainder */

( dedn_amt = dedn_left

to_total_owed = dedn_amt )

ELSE

( dedn_amt = NET_ASG_RUN

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to_total_owed = dedn_amt )

RETURN dedn_amt, bene_er_contr, not_taken, to_arrears, STOP_ENTRY,

to_total_owed, clear_repl_amt, clear_addl_amt, set_clear,


mesg

ELSE

/* Refund Towards Purchase balance via */

/* direct payment; zero Towards Purch bal. */

(bond_refund = UNION_DUES_TOWARD_BOND_PURCHASE_ASG_ITD

to_purch_bal = -1 * UNION_DUES_TOWARD_BOND_PURCHASE_ASG_ITD

dedn_amt = 0

to_total_owed = 0

RETURN dedn_amt, bene_er_contr, not_taken, to_arrears, STOP_ENTRY,

to_total_owed, bond_refund, to_purch_bal, clear_repl_amt,

clear_addl_amt, set_clear, mesg

ELSE /* Not Final Pay */

Total_days = DAYS_BETWEEN(PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE,
PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE) +1

Days_in_pro_period = DAYS_BETWEEN( Prorate_END, Prorate_Start)+1

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Dedn_Amt = Amount * Days_in_pro_period/Total_days

RETURN dedn_amt, bene_er_contr, not_taken, to_arrears, to_total_owed,

to_purch_bal, clear_repl_amt, clear_addl_amt, STOP_ENTRY,


set_clear, Days_in_pro_period, Total_days,

mesg

/* ===== Final Pay Section End ===== */

/*====================== End Payroll Formula Body


=======================*/

Editing a Quick Paint Formula Example


If you want to add features to a generated QuickPaint formula, you must copy the
formula and edit the copy. If you edit the original, your edits will be overwritten if the
formula is regenerated from the QuickPaint definition.
In the following example, an automatically generated QuickPaint formula has been
edited to add Line 09, which totals the input values used in the report.

FastFormula    1-197
LINE01=''

LINE02=' Pay Items Value this Period

LINE03=''

LINE04=' Salary Value : ' + TO_TEXT(trunc((SALARY_ANNUAL/12),2))

LINE05=' Item 1 Value : ' + TO_TEXT(ITEM_1_PAY_VALUE)

LINE06=' Item 2 Value : ' + TO_TEXT(ITEM_2_PAY_VALUE)

LINE07=' Bonus Value : ' + TO_TEXT(BONUS_AMOUNT)

LINE08=' __________________'

LINE09=' Total : '+ TO_TEXT(trunc((

(SALARY_ANNUAL/12)+ITEM_1_PAY_VALUE+ITEM_2_PAY_VALUE+BONUS_AMOUNT),2))

LINE10=''

LINE11=''

LINE12=''

RETURN LINE01, LINE02, LINE03, LINE04, LINE05, LINE06, LINE07,

LINE08, LINE09, LINE10, LINE11, LINE12,

Checking an Element Entry Example


You can use FastFormula to validate user entries in element input values. For example,
you can make sure that entries are within a specified range or do not exceed a
predefined value.
The formula below checks that the entry value of the Salary element does not exceed
200,000.

Salary Element

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/* Formula Name: Salary Range */

/* Formula Type: Element Input Validation */

INPUTS ARE entry_value (text)

IF TO_NUM(entry_value) > 200000

THEN

formula_status = 'e'

formula_message = 'Too much money . . . try again!'

ELSE

formula_status = 's'

formula_message = 'Fine'

RETURN formula_status, formula_message

Checking a User Table Entry Example


You can use FastFormula to validate user entries into user tables that you define. For
example, you can make sure that entries are between a specified range or not a negative
amount.
The formula below checks that the deduction entered in the Union A column of the
Union Dues table is between 10.00 and 20.00.
/* Formula Name: Union A Dues Validation */

/* Formula Type: User Table Validation */

FastFormula    1-199
INPUTS ARE entry_value (text)

IF TO_NUMBER(entry_value) < 10.00 OR

TO_NUMBER(entry_value) > 20.00

THEN

formula_status = 'e'

formula_message = 'Error: Union A dues must be between

$10.00 and $20.00.'

ELSE

formula_status = 's'

formula_message = ' '

RETURN formula_status, formula_message

Sample Formula for Payroll Contact


You can write a formula to determine how you allocate a payroll contact for your
employees. Modify this sample formula to match payroll contacts in your organization
to employees on your payrolls.
/* ================================================================
Set the default values
=============================================================*/
default for l_first_letter is 'A'
default for l_contact_name is 'Name'
default for l_phone is '12345'
default for l_email is 'email@email.com'
default for l_ret_num is 1
/*================================================================

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PER_LAST_NAME is an existing predefined database item (DBI).
PER_LAST_NAME takes an assignment id and returns the last name for each
person.
You pass the assignment id automatically as a context usage for the DBI.
Use the substr function to return only the first letter of the last
name.
================================================================== */
l_first_letter = substr(PER_LAST_NAME,1,1)
/* ================================================================
Set the contact details for those employees with a last name beginning
with A.
================================================================ */
if (l_first_letter = 'A')
then
(l_contact_name = 'Melanie Morrisby'
l_phone = '0118 9404040'
l_email = 'melanie.morrisby@oracle.com'
)
/* ================================================================
Set the contact details for those employees with a last name beginning
with B.
==================================================================*/
if (l_first_letter = 'B')
then
(l_contact_name = 'Zaheer Ahmed'
l_phone = '0118 9404040'
l_email = 'zaheer.ahmed@oracle.com'
)
/* ================================================================
Set the contact details for those employees with a last name beginning
with C.
=================================================================*/
if (l_first_letter = 'C' )
then
(l_contact_name = 'Kieron Lancashire'
l_phone = '0118 000111'
l_email = 'kieron.lancashire@oracle.com'
)
/* ================================================================
Set the contact details for those employees with a last name
beginning with any letter other than A, B or C.

FastFormula    1-201
==================================================================*/
else
(l_contact_name ='Jo Burgess'
l_phone = '01189466377'
l_email = 'josephine.burgess@oracle.com'
)
/* =============================================================
Write payroll details to assignment_extra_info table.
============================================================= */
l_ret_num = POPULATE_PAYROLL_CONTACT
(l_contact_name,l_phone,l_email)

Sample Appraisal Objective Line-Scoring Formulas


This topic includes the two supplied sample formulas of type Appraisal Objective Line
Scoring. When you define an objective assessment template with a rating-scale type of
Fast Formula Based Line Scoring, the application uses the formula you select to
calculate the score for each objective in the Objectives section of the appraisal.

Sample Formula PERF


This sample formula returns a performance rating derived from a specified
performance rating. Business group and legislation code are global (null).

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : PERF

* Description : For an objective appraisal line, this formula

* returns Performance.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Objective Line Scoring

* Inputs : 1) performance, number, default required

* 2) weighting, number, default required

* 3) line_object_id (objective_id), number, always set

* 4) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 5) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 6) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 7) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) line_score, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

****************************************************************/

/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

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DEFAULT FOR performance IS 0

DEFAULT FOR weighting IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE performance(number)

,weighting(number)

,line_object_id(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

,appr_template_id(number)

,appr_system_type(text)

,appr_type(text)

/* Main body of formula */

line_score = performance

/* Return the line score */

RETURN line_score

Sample Formula PERF_X_WEIGHTING


This sample formula returns a performance rating derived from a specified
performance rating and the weighting value specified for the objective. Business group
and legislation code are global (null).

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : PERF_X_WEIGHTING

* Description : For an objective appraisal line, this formula

* multiplies Performance and Weighting.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Objective Line Scoring

* Inputs : 1) performance, number, default required

* 2) weighting, number, default required

* 3) line_object_id (objective_id), number, always set

* 4) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 5) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 6) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 7) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) line_score, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

****************************************************************/

/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

FastFormula    1-205
DEFAULT FOR performance IS 0

DEFAULT FOR weighting IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE performance(number)

,weighting(number)

,line_object_id(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

,appr_template_id(number)

,appr_system_type(text)

,appr_type(text)

/* Main body of formula */

line_score = performance * weighting

/* Return the line score */

RETURN line_score

Sample Appraisal Competency Line-Scoring Formulas


This topic includes the three supplied sample formulas of type Appraisal Competency
Line Scoring. When you define a competency assessment template with a rating-scale
type of Fast Formula Based Line Scoring, the application uses the formula you select to
calculate the score for each competency in the Competencies section of the appraisal.

Sample Formula PERF_X_PROF


This sample formula returns a competency rating derived from specified performance
and proficiency ratings. Business group and legislation code are global (null).

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : PERF_X_PROF

* Description : For a competency appraisal line, this formula

* multiplies Performance and Proficiency.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Competency Line Scoring

* Inputs : 1) performance, number, default required

* 2) proficiency, number, default required

* 3) weighting, number, default required

* 4) line_object_id (competency_id), number, always set

* 5) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 6) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 7) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 8) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) line_score, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

*
****************************************************************/

FastFormula    1-207
/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

DEFAULT FOR performance IS 0

DEFAULT FOR proficiency IS 0

DEFAULT FOR weighting IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE performance(number)

,proficiency(number)

,weighting(number)

,line_object_id(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

,appr_template_id(number)

,appr_system_type(text)

,appr_type(text)

/* Main body of formula */

line_score = performance * proficiency

/* Return the line score */

RETURN line_score

Sample Formula PERF_X_WEIGHTING


This sample formula returns a competency rating derived from specified performance
and weighting values. Business group and legislation code are global (null).

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : PERF_X_WEIGHTING

* Description : For a competency appraisal line, this formula

* multiplies Performance and Weighting.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Competency Line Scoring

* Inputs : 1) performance, number, default required

* 2) proficiency, number, default required

* 3) weighting, number, default required

* 4) line_object_id (competency_id), number, always set

* 5) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 6) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 7) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 8) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) line_score, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

****************************************************************/

/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

FastFormula    1-209
DEFAULT FOR performance IS 0

DEFAULT FOR proficiency IS 0

DEFAULT FOR weighting IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE performance(number)

,proficiency(number)

,weighting(number)

,line_object_id(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

,appr_template_id(number)

,appr_system_type(text)

,appr_type(text)

/* Main body of formula */

line_score = performance * weighting

/* Return the line score */

RETURN line_score

Sample Formula PROF _X_WEIGHTING


This sample formula returns a competency rating derived from specified proficiency
and weighting values. Business group and legislation code are global (null).

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : PROF_X_WEIGHTING

* Description : For a competency appraisal line, this formula

* multiplies Proficiency and Weighting.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Competency Line Scoring

* Inputs : 1) performance, number, default required

* 2) proficiency, number, default required

* 3) weighting, number, default required

* 4) line_object_id (competency_id), number, always set

* 5) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 6) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 7) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 8) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) line_score, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

****************************************************************/

/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

FastFormula    1-211
DEFAULT FOR performance IS 0

DEFAULT FOR proficiency IS 0

DEFAULT FOR weighting IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE performance(number)

,proficiency(number)

,weighting(number)

,line_object_id(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

,appr_template_id(number)

,appr_system_type(text)

,appr_type(text)

/* Main body of formula */

line_score = proficiency * weighting

/* Return the line score */

RETURN line_score

Sample Appraisal Total Scoring Formulas


This topic includes the two supplied formulas of type Appraisal Total Scoring. When
you define an appraisal template, you can select an Appraisal Total Score Formula to
calculate the appraisee's suggested overall rating using the total scores for competencies
and objectives. This total score appears in the Overall Ratings region of the Final
Ratings page.

Note: The Appraisal Total Score Formula must return a rating level ID
rather than a rating value.
See: Writing Formulas for Rating Competencies and Objectives, page 1-
143

Sample Formula SUM_COMP_AND_OBJ


This sample formula adds the final scores for objectives and competencies and uses the
result to identify a final rating.

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : SUM_COMP_AND_OBJ

* Description : This sums the competency and objective scores,

* and then uses hard-coded bands to calculate

* a final rating.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Total Scoring

* Inputs : 1) competency_score, number, always set

* 2) objective_score, number, always set

* 3) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 4) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 5) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 6) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) final_rating, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

****************************************************************/

/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

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DEFAULT FOR competency_score IS 0

DEFAULT FOR objective_score IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE competency_score(number)

,objective_score(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

/* Main body of formula. */

total_score = competency_score + objective_score

/* Band the total score to give a final rating */

IF total_score < 50 THEN

final_rating = 1

IF total_score >= 50 AND total_score < 100 THEN

final_rating = 2

IF total_score >= 100 AND total_score < 150 THEN

final_rating = 3

IF total_score >= 150 AND total_score < 200 THEN

final_rating = 4

IF total_score >= 200 THEN

final_rating = 5

/* Return the final rating */

RETURN final_rating

Sample Formula AVG_COMP_AND_OBJ


This sample formula calculates the average of the total scores for objectives and
competencies and uses that value to identify a final rating.

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/****************************************************************

* Formula Name : AVG_COMP_AND_OBJ

* Description : This takes the average of the competency and

* objective scores and then uses this to

* determine the final rating.

* Formula Type : Appraisal Total Scoring

* Inputs : 1) competency_score, number, always set

* 2) objective_score, number, always set

* 3) appraisal_id, number, always set

* 4) appr_template_id, number, always set

* 5) appr_system_type (e.g.. SELF,EMP360,MGR360TRANS),


text, always set

* 6) appr_type, text

* Note : For appraisal_id, appr_template_id, appr_system_type,


appr_type

* a) This is an input, not a context

* b) No seeded DBIs use this

* Outputs : 1) final_rating, number

* Contexts : Business Group, Assignment, Organization,

* Person, Date Earned

* Example DBIs : ptu_per_person_type, asg_grade, asg_job,

* asg_status, asg_type, asg_primary,

* asg_position, asg_hours, asg_salary

****************************************************************/

/* Defaults for optional inputs and database items */

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DEFAULT FOR competency_score IS 0

DEFAULT FOR objective_score IS 0

/* Declare formula inputs */

INPUTS ARE competency_score(number)

,objective_score(number)

,appraisal_id(number)

/* Main body of formula. */

avg_score = (competency_score + objective_score) / 2

/* Convert the average into a final rating */

IF avg_score < 1.5 THEN

final_rating = 1

IF avg_score >= 1.5 AND avg_score < 2.5 THEN

final_rating = 2

IF avg_score >= 2.5 AND avg_score < 3.5 THEN

final_rating = 3

IF avg_score >= 3.5 AND avg_score < 4.5 THEN

final_rating = 4

IF avg_score >= 4.5 THEN

final_rating = 5

/* Return the final rating */

RETURN final_rating

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Legislative Formulas

Sample Accrual Formula (Belgium)


This topic suggests how you can implement a whole range of accrual plan rules in your
Accrual formula. The suggestions are based on the sample seeded Belgium
PTO_BE_PREVYR_MULTIPLIER formula. The sample formula is for a plan with the
following rules:
• An accrual term of one calendar year starting 01 January.

• Monthly accrual periods and a fixed accrual of 2 days per month.

• Accrual for new hires begins on their hire date.

The top level formula repeatedly calls another formula in a loop to calculate the accrual
for each period. Both the top level formula (PTO_BE_PREVYR_MULTIPLIER) and the
looping formula (PTO_BE_PREVYR_PERIOD_ACCRUAL) are given below.
1. /*----------------------------------------------

NAME : PTO_BE_PREVYR_MULTIPLER

This formula calculates the PTO accrued at a given

point in time

----------------------------------------------*/

2. DEFAULT FOR EMP_HIRE_DATE IS

'4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

3. DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_START__DATE IS

'0001/01/01 00:00:00' (date)

4. DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE IS

'4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

5. DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS

'4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

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6. DEFAULT FOR PEOPLE_BE_SCHOOL_LEAVER IS

'NO'

7. /*-----------------------------------------------

The following is the date on which the number of accrued

PTO days is required.

-----------------------------------------------*/

8. INPUTS ARE

Calculation_Date (date)

9. /*-----------------------------------------------

Get the basic dates and information used in the

calculation of the accrued PTO.

-----------------------------------------------*/

10. PrevYr = TO_CHAR(ADD_MONTHS(calculation date,-12),'YYYY')

11. PrevYrStartDate=TO_DATE(PrevYr||'0101',YYYYMMDD')

12. PrevYrEndDate=TO_DATE(PrevYr||'1231', 'YYYYMMDD')

13. /*----------------------------------------------------

Calculate the start and end dates of the current year.

. -----------------------------------------------------*/

14. CurrYr=TO_CHAR(calculation_date, 'YYYY')

15. CurrYrStartDate=TO_DATE(CurrYr||'0101','YYYYMMDD')

16. CurrYrEndDate=TO_DATE(CurrYr||'1231','YYYYMMDD')

17. /*--------------------------------------------------

Calculate the total period over which PTO can be

accrued for the plan.

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---------------------------------------------------*/

18. AccrualPeriodStartDate=ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE

19. AccrualPeriodEndDate=LEAST(ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE,

ACP_TERMINATION_DATE)

20. /*--------------------------------------------------

Calculate the total period over which absences can be

recorded for the plan.

---------------------------------------------------*/

21. AbsencePeriodStartDate=ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE

AbsencePeriodEnd=ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE

22 /*-----------------------------------------------

Get the date on which the employee was hired.

-----------------------------------------------*/

23. EmpHireDate=EMP_HIRE_DATE

24. /*------------------------------------------------

The next section calculates the PTO they accrued

in the previous year.

-------------------------------------------------*/

25. /*-----------------------------------------------

School Leavers

If the school leaver joined the company and was enrolled

on the plan in the previous year, then they automatically

accrue the full entitlement for the next year i.e. 24 days.

If this condition is not met then the general rules apply.

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------------------------------------------------*/

26. IF((EmpHireDate>=PrevYrStartDate)AND

27. (EmpHireDate<=PrevYrEndDate) AND

28. (AccrualPeriodStartDate<=PrevYrEndDate) AND

29. (AccrualPeriodEndDate>=PrevYrStartDate) AND

30. (PEOPLE_BE_SCHOOL_LEAVER='YES')) THEN

31. PrevYrAccruedPTO=24

32. /*-----------------------------------------------

General rule: Accrue 2 days per complete calendar month in

the previous year when they were enrolled on the plan.

If they joined the plan on or before the 15th of the month

then the month is included. If they were terminated, then

only include the month if it was the last day of the month.

--------------------------------------------------------*/

ELSE

33. /*-----------------------------------------------------

They started accruing PTO after the end of the previous year

or ceased to accrue PTO before the start of the previous

year.

--------------------------------------------------------*/

34. IF
((AccrualPeriodStartDate>PrevYrEndDate)OR(AccrualPeriodEndDate<PrevYrSta
rtDate))

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THEN

35. PeriodsToCount=0

36. /*-------------------------------------------------------

They were eligible for accruing PTO at some point during

the previous year.

--------------------------------------------------------*/

ELSE

37. /*--------------------------------------------------

Calculate the date in the previous year from which they

started accruing PTO.

-----------------------------------------------------*/

38. PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate=GREATEST(PrevYrStartDate,
AccrualPeriodStartDate)

39. /*---------------------------------------------------

Calculate the date in the previous year from which they

stopped accruing PTO.

------------------------------------------------------*/

40. PrevYrAccrualPeriodEndDate=LEAST(PrevYrEndDate,
AccrualPeriodEndDate)

41. /*----------------------------------------------------

Their eligibility started on or before the 15th of the month so


include it as a month where they can accrue PTO.

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-----------------------------------------------------*/

42. IF(TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate, 'DD'))<=15)THEN

43. StartPeriodNum=TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate,
'MM'))

44. /*--------------------------------------------------------

Their eligibility started after the 15th of the month so


exclude it as a month they can accrue PTO.

---------------------------------------------------------*/

ELSE

45. StartPeriodNum=TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate,
'MM'))+1

46. /*---------------------------------------------------------

Their eligibility ended at the end of the month so include it

as a month where they can accrue PTO

-----------------------------------------------------------*/

47. IF (TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate,'DD'))<=15)THEN

StartPeriodNum=TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate,'MM'))

48. /* --------------------------------------------------------

Their eligibility started after the 15th of the month so

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exclude it as a month where they can accrue PTO.

---------------------------------------------------------*/

ELSE

49. StartPeriodNum=TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodStartDate,
'MM'))+1

50. /* -------------------------------------------------------

Their eligibility ended at the end of the month so include it

as a month where they can accrue PTO.

---------------------------------------------------------*/

51.
LastDayOfMonth=ADD_DAYS(TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(ADD_MONTHS(PrevYrAccrualPeriodEn
dDate,1),'YYYYMM')||'01','YYYYMMDD'),-1)

52. IF (PrevYrAccrualPeriodEndDate=LastDayOfMonth) THEN

53. EndPeriodNum=TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodEndDate,'MM'))

54. /* -------------------------------------------------------

Their eligibility ended during the month so exclude it

as a month where they can accrue PTO.

-----------------------------------------------------------*/

ELSE

55. EndPeriodNum=TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(PrevYrAccrualPeriodEndDate, 'MM'))-1

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)

56. /*--------------------------------------------------------

There were no periods in the previous year from which to

accrue PTO.

---------------------------------------------------------*/

57.
IF((StartPeriodNum>12)OR(EndPeriodNum<1)OR(StartPeriodNum>EndPeriodNum))

THEN

58. PeriodsToCount=0

59. /*------------------------------------------------------

Calculate the number of periods in the previous year from

which to accrue PTO.

-------------------------------------------------------*/

ELSE

60. PeriodsToCount=EndPeriodNum-StartPeriodNum+1

61. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

They have at least one calendar month in which they can

accrue PTO so loop for each month and sum the total

accrued PTO.

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------------------------------------------------------------*/

62. IF (PeriodsToCount>0)THEN

. (

63. /* -------------------------------------------------------

Set up variables to be used by the subformula.

--------------------------------------------------------*/

64. E=set_number('total_accrued_pto',0)

65. E=set_number('periods_to_count',PeriodsToCount)

66. E = set_text('prev_year',PrevYr)

67. E = set_number('period_count',1)

68. E = set_number('period_num',StartPeriodNum)

69. /*--------------------------------------------------------

Loop for each eligible period within the previous year.

--------------------------------------------------------*/

70. E = LOOP_CONTROL('PTO_BE_PREVYR_PERIOD_ACCRUAL')

71. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

Get the total calculated accrued PTO.

-----------------------------------------------------------*/

72. PrevYrAccruedPTO=get_number('total_accrued_pto')

73. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

They have no calendar months in which they can accrue PTO

-----------------------------------------------------------*/

Else

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(

74. PrevYrAccruedPTO=0

75. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

Calculate the adjustment to be made to the total accrued PTO for

this year i.e any holidays already taken, any carryover, and

also any other extra entitlements/reductions (holidays

bought/sold).

-------------------------------------------------------------*/

76. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

Calculate the start date in the current year over

which to count absences.

-----------------------------------------------------------*/

77. CurrYrAbsenceStartDate=GREATEST(CurrYrStartDate,
AbsencePeriodSTartDate)

78. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

Calculate the end date in the current year over

which to count absences.

-----------------------------------------------------------*/

79. CurrYrAbsenceEndDate=calculation_date

80. /*-----------------------------------------------------------

Calculate the outstanding accrued PTO for the current year.

------------------------------------------------------------*/

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81. total_accrued_pto=PrevYrAccruedPTO

82. effective_start_date=CurrYrAbsenceStartDate

83. effective_end_date=CurrYrAbsenceEndDate

84. effective_end_date=CurrYrAbsenceEndDate

85. RETURN total_accrued_pto, effective_start_date, effective_end_date,


accrual_end_date

Looping Formula
1. /* ----------------------------------------------

NAME : PTO_BE_PREVYR_PERIOD_ACCRUAL

This formula calculates the accrued PTO for a particular

calendar month.

------------------------------------------------*/

2. TotalAccruedPTO=get_number('total_accrued_pto')

3. PeriodsToCount=get_number('periods_to_count')

4. PrevYr=get_text('prev_year')

5. PeriodCount=get_number('period_count')

6. PeriodNum=get_number('period_num')

8. /*-----------------------------------------------

Calculate the start and end dates of the period.

9. Note: This is always a calendar month.

....-----------------------------------------------------*/

11.
CurrPerStartDate=TO_DATE(PrevYr||LPAD(TO_CHAR(PeriodNum),2,'0')||'01','Y
YYYMMDD')

12. CurrPerEndDate=ADD_DAYS(ADD_MONTHS(CurrPerStartDate,1),-1)

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13 /*-----------------------------------------------------

Calculate the accrued PTO for the period. In this example 2

days are accrued per calendar month.

*/---------------------------------------------------------

14. PeriodAccruedPTO=2

15. /* --------------------------------------------------

Add the accrued PTO for the period to the running total.

----------------------------------------------------*/

16. E=set_number('total_accrued_pto',TotalAccruedPTO+PeriodAccruedPTO)

17. /*-----------------------------------------------

There is at least one more period to process.

-----------------------------------------------*/

18. IF PeriodCount+1<=PeriodsToCount THEN

19. E=set_number('period_count',PeriodCount+1)

E=set_number('period_num',PeriodNum+1)

20. continue_processing_flag='Y'

21. ELSE

22. continue_processing_flag='N'

23. RETURN continue_processing_flag

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Changing the Accrual Term Start and End Dates
The accrual term start date is set to 01 January at line 11 of the sample top level formula.
To use another fixed date (such as 01 June) replace this line with the following:
PrevYrStartDate = to_date(PrevYr||'0601','YYYYMMDD')

The end date is set to 31st December at line 12 of the sample formula. To use another
fixed date (such as 31st May) replace this line with the following:
PrevYrEndDate = to_date(PrevYr||'3105','YYYYMMDD')

Changing the Ceiling


In the sample top level formula, the ceiling is set to 0, which means that no ceiling is set.
You can change the ceiling within the formula if you want to include a ceiling amount:
E = SET_NUMBER('CEILING', 20)

You can also set the ceiling outside the formula, using the Accrual Bands window or a
user table.

Changing the School Leavers PTO Entitlement


The sample formula sets the amount of accrued PTO that a school leaver can receive in
line 31. You can edit this amount to suit your business requirements. If the formula uses
the School leaver calculation, the looping formula is not called because it does not need
to loop through the eligible periods and calculate accrued PTO.

Changing the Eligibility Periods


The sample formula assumes that for an employee to be eligible to accrue PTO in a
calendar month they must have joined on or before the 15th of the month. You can
change this date in line 42. Lines 43 through 60 contain the logic to see if an employee is
eligible to accrue the PTO for a month.

Changing the Amount of Accrued Time Allowed


The sample formula specifies a fixed amount of PTO that is allowed per calendar
month. This is set in line 14 of the looping formula. You can change this to suit your
business requirements:
PeriodAccruedPTO=3

A further example of an accrual formula and suggested ways of implementing accrual


plan rules is described in Sample Accrual Formula, page 1-157.

Sample Accrual Formulas for Absence (Hungary)


This topic provides four sample accrual formulas for calculating the employee's holiday

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entitlements as required for the Hungarian Absence Report. You can record and report
the entitlement amounts for the following holiday types:
• Base Holiday

• Additional holiday for bringing up children

• Other Additional Holiday

• Sickness Holiday

The following table lists the sample accrual formulas that you can use, as supplied, or
use them as models to create your own, incorporating the rules required for your
accrual plans.

Hungarian Sample Formulas

Holiday Type Formula Description

Base Holiday HU_BASE_HOLIDAY This formula calculates the


MULTIPLIER accrual rate for base holiday
in a specific period. See:
Sample Formula for Base
Holiday, page 1-231

Additional Holiday for HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_H This formula calculates the


bringing up children OLIDAY_MULTIPLIER Additional Holiday for
bringing up children. See:
Sample Formula for
Additional Holiday, page 1-
240

Other Additional Holiday HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDA This formula calculates the


Y_MULTIPLIER Other Additional Holiday
such as Youthful holiday and
Additional Health Holiday.
See: Sample Formula for
Other Additional Holiday,
page 1-252

Sickness Holiday HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_ This formula calculates the


MULTIPLIER Sickness Holiday. See: Sample
Formula for Sickness Holiday,
page 1-260

You can use the Carry Over Formula, HU_ABS_CARRYOVER_FORMULA to calculate


any carry over for the above holiday entitlements. See: Sample Formula for Carry Over

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Absence, page 1-269

Sample Formula for Base Holiday (Hungary)


Oracle HRMS provides the HU_BASE_HOLIDAY MULTIPLIER sample formula to
calculate the accrual rate for Base Holiday in a specific period as required for the
Hungarian Absence Report. The sample formula is for an accrual plan with the
following rules:
• Entitlement for Base Holiday depends on the employee's age.

• Entitlement depends on the number of days worked in a week and takes in to


account any work pattern changes within the leave year.

• Base holiday for new hires begins on their hire date.

• The formula calculates proportionately if the employee's birthday falls within the
current year.

The following table lists the Base Holiday entitlements for employees based on their age
and a five day work pattern.

Base Holiday entitlements

Employee's Age Base Holiday entitlement

Until age 24 20 working days holiday

From age 25 21 working days holiday

From age 28 22 working days holiday

From age 31 23 working days holiday

From age 33 24 working days holiday

From age 35 25 working days holiday

From age 37 26 working days holiday

From age 39 27 working days holiday

From age 41 28 working days holiday

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Employee's Age Base Holiday entitlement

From age 43 29 working days holiday

From age 45 30 working days holiday

The following formula HU_BASE_HOLIDAY MULTIPLIER considers the employee's


age and a five-day work pattern for employees to calculate the Base Holiday
entitlement. The HU_BASE_HOLIDAY MULTIPLIER formula repeatedly calls another
formula in a loop, HU_BASE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL to calculate the accrual
for each period. You use the above formulas along with the carry over formula
HU_ABS_HOLIDAY_CARRY_OVER. See: Sample Formula for Carry Over Absence,
page 1-269
The top-level formula HU_BASE_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER and the looping formula
HU_BASE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL are given below.

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/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_BASE_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLER
This formula calculates the total accrued base holiday for a
specific period
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE IS 'CM'


DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH IS 0
DEFAULT FOR ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

INPUTS ARE Calculation_Date (date)

Accruing_Frequency = ' '


Accruing_Multiplier = 0

E = SET_DATE('CALCULATION_DATE',Calculation_Date)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
Payroll_period = HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)

E = SET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY', Accruing_Frequency)
E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER', Accruing_Multiplier)

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year =
TO_DATE('0101'||TO_CHAR(Calculation_Date,'YYYY')
,'DDMMYYYY')

IF Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year > Calculation_Date THEN


(
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =
ADD_MONTHS(Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year, -12)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the start and end dates of the first accrual period in the
calculation year
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

E = SET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR'
, Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year)

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,
Accruing_Frequency,
Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year,
Accruing_Multiplier)

First_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Calculation_Date to the Termination Date if not null
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

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IF NOT (ACP_TERMINATION_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) OR
NOT (ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN
(
Early_End_Date = least(ACP_TERMINATION_DATE, ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE)

IF (Early_End_Date < Calculation_Date) THEN


(
Calculation_Date = Early_End_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the last whole period prior to the Calculation_Date and ensure
that it is within the year (if the Calculation_Date is the end of
a period then use that period)
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Calculation_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Calculation_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Continuous Service Global Variable, whilst also
ensuring that the continuous service date is before the Calculation
Period
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF (ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN


(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE', ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE)
)
ELSE IF(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE > Calculation_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
, ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)
ELSE
(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
, ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')

First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = Continuous_Service_Date

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which accrued PTO may first be registered,
i.e. the date on which the Ineligibility Period expires
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date

IF (ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH > 0) THEN


(
IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'BM' THEN
(

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Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'F' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*14)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'CM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'LM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*28)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Q' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*3)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH/2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SY' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*6)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'W' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*7)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Y' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*12)
)

IF Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date > First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date


AND Calculation_Date < Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date THEN
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------

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Get the first full period following the
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
(if it falls on the beginning of the period then use that period)
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date > Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year THEN


(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > Calculation_Period_ED) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52793_PTO_FML_ASG_INELIG')
)
)
ELSE
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which PTO actually starts accruing based on
Hire Date, Continuous Service Date and Plan Enrollment Start Date.

-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Continuous_Service_date = ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE THEN


(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = Continuous_service_Date
)
ELSE
(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = GREATEST(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE,
First_Period_SD)
)
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the actual start date and end date of the first accrual
period to use in the accrual calculation. Get the start date and
end dates of the accrual period in which the Actual Accrual
Start Date falls.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF (Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Period_SD AND
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Actual_Accrual_Start_Date,
Accruing_Frequency,
Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year,
Accruing_Multiplier)

Accrual_Start_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

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/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
If the Actual Accrual Period is after the Calculation Period then
end the processing.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF (Accrual_Start_Period_SD > Calculation_Period_ED) THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52797_PTO_FML_ACT_ACCRUAL')
)
)

ELSE IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > First_Period_SD) THEN


(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED
)
ELSE
(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------
Now set up the information that will be used in when looping
through the periods and call the accrual sub formula.
----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF Calculation_Period_ED >= Accrual_Start_Period_ED THEN
(
E = set_date('PERIOD_SD',Accrual_Start_Period_SD)
E = set_date('PERIOD_ED',Accrual_Start_Period_ED)
E = set_date('LAST_PERIOD_SD',Calculation_Period_SD)
E = set_date('LAST_PERIOD_ED',Calculation_Period_ED)
E = set_number('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',0)

E = LOOP_CONTROL('HU_BASE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL')

Total_Accrued_PTO = ROUND(get_number('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO'))
)

IF Accrual_Start_Period_SD <= Calculation_Period_SD THEN


(
Accrual_end_date = Calculation_Period_ED
)

Effective_Start_Date = Accrual_Start_Period_SD
Effective_End_Date = Calculation_Period_ED

IF Effective_Start_Date >= Effective_End_Date THEN


(
Effective_Start_Date = Effective_End_Date
)

RETURN Total_Accrued_PTO
,Effective_start_date
,Effective_end_date
,Accrual_end_date

Looping Formula

FastFormula    1-237
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_BASE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL
This formula calculates the number of base holiday accrued for a
particular period.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the global variable to be used in this formula
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)


DEFAULT FOR EMP_HIRE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR person_dob IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')
Total_Accrued_PTO = GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO')
Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_SD')
Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_ED')
Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED')
Accruing_Frequency = GET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY')
Accruing_Multiplier = GET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER')
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
= GET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR')
Calculation_Date = GET_DATE('CALCULATION_DATE')

Accrual_Rate = 0

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the person date of birth and compute the age.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Person_dob = HU_PERSON_DOB(Calculation_Date)

Age = FLOOR(MONTHS_BETWEEN(Period_ED,Person_dob)/12)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Payroll_period = HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set period start date and period end date as employee hire date and
employee termination date if the hire date and termination date
falls with in the calculation period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF EMP_HIRE_DATE > Period_SD AND EMP_HIRE_DATE < Period_ED THEN


Period_SD = EMP_HIRE_DATE

IF ACP_TERMINATION_DATE > Period_SD


AND ACP_TERMINATION_DATE < Period_ED THEN
Period_ED = ACP_TERMINATION_DATE

DOB = TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(Person_dob,'DD/MM/')
||TO_CHAR(PERIOD_SD,'YYYY'),'DD/MM/YYYY')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------

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Set the accrual rate based on the age of the employee and on five
day work pattern.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF (DOB >= PERIOD_SD AND DOB <= PERIOD_ED) AND


(AGE = 25 OR AGE = 28 OR AGE = 31 OR AGE = 33 OR AGE = 35 OR
AGE = 37 OR AGE = 39 OR AGE = 41 OR AGE = 43 OR AGE = 45) THEN
(
X = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(PERIOD_SD,ADD_DAYS(DOB,-1))
Y = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(DOB,Period_ED)

IF Age = 25 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((20/260)* X +(21/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 28 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((21/260)* X +(22/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 31 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((22/260)* X +(23/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 33 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((23/260)* X +(24/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 35 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((24/260)* X +(25/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 37 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((25/260)* X +(26/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 39 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((26/260)* X +(27/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 41 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((27/260)* X +(28/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 43 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((28/260)* X +(29/260)* Y)
ELSE IF Age = 45 THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((29/260)* X +(30/260)* Y)
)
ELSE
(
X = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(PERIOD_SD,PERIOD_ED)

IF Age <= 24 THEN


Accrual_Rate = ((20/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 25 AND Age < 28) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((21/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 28 AND Age < 31) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((22/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 31 AND Age < 33) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((23/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 33 AND Age < 35) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((24/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 35 AND Age < 37) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((25/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 37 AND Age < 39) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((26/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 39 AND Age < 41) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((27/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 41 AND Age < 43) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((28/260)*X)
ELSE IF (Age >= 43 AND Age < 45) THEN
Accrual_Rate = ((29/260)*X)
ELSE
Accrual_Rate = ((30/260)*X)
)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_Rate

FastFormula    1-239
E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO', Total_Accrued_PTO
+Period_Accrued_PTO)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Establish whether the current period is the last one, if so end
the processing, otherwise get the next period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Period_SD >= Last_Period_SD THEN


(
Continue_Processing_Flag = 'N'
)
ELSE
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(ADD_DAYS(Period_ED,1),
Accruing_Frequency,
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year,
Accruing_Multiplier)

E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD', GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE'))
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED', GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE'))

Continue_Processing_Flag = 'Y'
)

Return Continue_Processing_Flag

Sample Formula for Additional Holiday (Hungary)


Oracle HRMS provides the HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER sample
formula to calculate the accrual rate for Additional Holiday for bringing up children in
a specific period as required for the Hungarian Absence Report. The sample formula is
for an accrual plan with the following rules:
• Entitlement depends on the age and number of children (given in the table below)

• Both parents work and share the entitlement. This eligibility is based on the value in
the Holiday for Child Care field in the Further Contact Relationship Info on the
Contact window.

• Additional Holiday for bringing up children for new hires depends on Hire Date.

• Entitlement begins from the birth date of the child, if a child is born during the
leave year.

The following table lists the Additional Holiday entitlements for employees based on
the number of children.

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Additional Holiday entitlements

Number of Children Additional Holiday entitlement

After 1 child 2 working days

After 2 children 4 working days

After more than 2 children 7 working days

The HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER formula calls another formula


HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUALcalculate the accrual for
each period. You use the sample formulas along with the carry over formula
HU_ABS_HOLIDAY_CARRY_OVER. See: Sample Formula for Carry Over Absence,
page 1-269
The sample HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER and the looping
HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL formula are given below:

FastFormula    1-241
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER

This formula calculates the total accrued additional child care


holiday for a specific period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE IS 'CM'


DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH IS 0
DEFAULT FOR ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00'(DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)

INPUTS ARE
Calculation_Date (DATE)

Accruing_Frequency = ' '


Accruing_Multiplier = 0

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

No_of_Payroll_Periods = HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS (Calculation_Date


,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)

E = SET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY', Accruing_Frequency)
E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER', Accruing_Multiplier)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculate the start and end dates of the current leave year.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year=TO_DATE('0101'||to_char(Calculation_Date
,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')
End_Of_Calculation_Year = TO_DATE('3112'||to_char(Calculation_Date
,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the start and end dates of the first accrual period in the
calculation year.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year > Calculation_Date THEN


(
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =
ADD_MONTHS(Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year, -12)
)

E = SET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR'
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year)

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

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First_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(End_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Calculation_Date to the Termination Date if not null
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF NOT (ACP_TERMINATION_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) OR


NOT (ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN
(
Early_End_Date = LEAST(ACP_TERMINATION_DATE,ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE)

IF (Early_End_Date < First_Period_SD) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52794_PTO_FML_ASG_TER')
)
IF (Early_End_Date < Last_Period_ED) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Early_End_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')
)
IF (Early_End_Date < Calculation_Date) THEN
(
Calculation_Date = Early_End_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the last whole period prior to the Calculation Date and ensure
that it is within the Year (if the Calculation Date is the End of
a Period then use that period)
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Calculation_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Calculation_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

IF (Calculation_Period_ED < First_Period_SD) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52795_PTO_FML_CALC_DATE')
)

FastFormula    1-243
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Continuous Service Global Variable, whilst also
ensuring that the continuous service date is before the Calculation
Period
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF (ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN


(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE', ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE)
)
ELSE IF(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE > Calculation_Period_ED) THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52796_PTO_FML_CSD')
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
,ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)
ELSE IF(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE > First_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

First_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')
)
ELSE
(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
, ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')

First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = Continuous_Service_Date

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which accrued PTo may first be registered,
i.e the date on which the Ineligibility Period expires
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date

IF (ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH > 0) THEN


(
IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'BM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'F' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*14)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'CM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =

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ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'LM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*28)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Q' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*3)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH/2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SY' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*6)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'W' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*7)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Y' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*12)
)

IF Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date
> First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
AND Calculation_Date
< Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date THEN
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date =
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the first full period following the First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
(if it falls on the beginning of the period then use that period)
------------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date > Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year THEN


(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

FastFormula    1-245
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > Calculation_period_ED)THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52793_PTO_FML_ASG_INELIG')
)
)
ELSE
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which PTO actually starts accruing based on
Hire Date, Continuous Service Date and plan Enrollment Start Date.

-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Continuous_Service_date = ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE THEN


(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = Continuous_service_Date
)
ELSE
(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = GREATEST(Continuous_Service_Date,
ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE,
First_Period_SD)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the actual start of the accrual calculation
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF (Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Period_SD AND
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD)
THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Actual_Accrual_Start_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Accrual_Start_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
If the Actual Accrual Period is after the Calculation Period then
end the processing.
---------------------------------------------------------------- */
IF (Accrual_Start_Period_SD > Calculation_period_ED) THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52797_PTO_FML_ACT_ACCRUAL')
)
)
ELSE IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > First_Period_SD) THEN
(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED
)

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ELSE
(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Now set up the information that will be used in when looping through
the periods
----------------------------------------------------------------- */
IF Last_period_ED >= Accrual_Start_Period_ED THEN
(
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD',Accrual_Start_Period_SD)
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED',Accrual_Start_Period_ED)
E = SET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD',Calculation_period_SD)
E = SET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED',Calculation_period_ED)
E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',0)

E = LOOP_CONTROL('HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL')

Total_Accrued_PTO = ROUND(GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO'))
)

IF Accrual_Start_Period_SD <= Calculation_period_ED THEN


(
Accrual_end_date = Calculation_period_ED
)

Effective_Start_Date = Accrual_Start_Period_SD
Effective_End_Date = Calculation_period_ED

IF Effective_Start_Date >= Effective_End_Date THEN


(
Effective_Start_Date = Effective_End_Date
)

RETURN Total_Accrued_PTO
,Effective_start_date
,Effective_end_date
,Accrual_end_date

Looping Formula

FastFormula    1-247
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_ADD_CHILD_CARE_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL
This formula calculates the amount of PTO accrued for a particular
period
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the global variable to be used in this formula
-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)


DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')
Total_Accrued_PTO = GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO')
Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_SD')
Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_ED')
Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED')
Termination_date = GET_DATE('ACP_TERMINATION_DATE')
Hire_date = GET_DATE('ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE')

Accruing_Frequency = GET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY')
Accruing_Multiplier = GET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER')
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =
GET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR')

First_Child_Date_of_birth = TO_DATE('01-01-4712','dd-mm-yyyy')
Second_Child_Date_of_birth = TO_DATE('01-01-4712','dd-mm-yyyy')
Third_Child_Date_of_birth = TO_DATE('01-01-4712','dd-mm-yyyy')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

No_of_Payroll_Periods = HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS (Period_SD


,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)

No_Of_Children_less_16 = 0
No_Of_Children_16 = 0

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Retrieve child information for the current employee.
----------------------------------------------------------------- */

E = HU_ABS_GET_CHILD_INFO(Period_SD, Period_ED
,No_Of_Children_less_16
,No_Of_Children_16
,First_Child_Date_of_birth
,Second_Child_Date_of_birth
,Third_Child_Date_of_birth)

Total_children = No_Of_Children_less_16 + No_Of_Children_16


Period_Accrued_PTO = 0

Total_days = DAYS_BETWEEN(Period_ED , Period_SD)


days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Period_ED , Period_SD)
Accrual_Rate = 0

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/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set accrual rate based on number of children and their age.
----------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF Total_children = 1 THEN
( Accrual_Rate = 2 )
ELSE IF Total_children = 2 THEN
( Accrual_Rate = 4 )
ELSE IF Total_children > 2 THEN
( Accrual_Rate = 7)

Accrual_rate_per_period = Accrual_Rate/No_of_Payroll_Periods

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Days worked prorated based on hire date and termination date of
employee.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Hire_date >= Period_SD


AND Hire_date <= Period_ED
AND Termination_date >= Period_SD
AND Termination_date <= Period_ED THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Termination_date,Hire_date)
)
ELSE IF Hire_date >= Period_SD
AND Hire_date <= Period_ED THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Period_ED,Hire_date)
)
ELSE IF Termination_date >= Period_SD
AND Termination_date <= Period_ED THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Termination_date,Period_SD)
)
Accrual_rate_per_period = Accrual_rate_per_period
*(days_valid/ Total_days)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculate the Amount Accrued this Period-
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF No_Of_Children_16 = 0 or No_Of_Children_less_16 > 2 THEN
(
Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
)
ELSE
(
IF No_Of_Children_16 = 1 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(First_Child_Date_of_birth,Period_SD)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
*(days_valid / Total_days )
IF No_Of_Children_less_16 = 1 THEN
(
Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(2*((Total_days-days_valid)/Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
IF No_Of_Children_less_16 = 2 THEN

FastFormula    1-249
(
Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(4*((Total_days-days_valid)/Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
)
ELSE IF No_Of_Children_16 = 2 THEN
(
IF No_Of_Children_less_16 > 1 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Second_Child_Date_of_birth,Period_SD)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
*(days_valid / Total_days)
Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(4*((Total_days-days_valid)/Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
ELSE IF No_Of_Children_less_16 > 0 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(First_Child_Date_of_birth,Period_SD)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
* (days_valid / Total_days)

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Second_Child_Date_of_birth
,First_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(4 *(days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Period_ED
,Second_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(2 *(days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
ELSE IF No_Of_Children_less_16 = 0 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(First_Child_Date_of_birth,Period_SD)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
*(days_valid / Total_days)

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Second_Child_Date_of_birth
,First_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO +
(2 * (days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
)
ELSE IF No_Of_Children_16 = 3 THEN
(
IF No_Of_Children_less_16 > 1 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Third_Child_Date_of_birth,Period_SD)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period

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*(days_valid / Total_days)
Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(4*((Total_days-days_valid)
/ Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
ELSE IF No_Of_Children_less_16 > 0 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Second_Child_Date_of_birth
,Period_SD)
Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
*(days_valid / Total_days)

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Third_Child_Date_of_birth
,Second_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(4 * (days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Period_ED,Third_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(2 * (days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
ELSE IF No_Of_Children_less_16 = 0 THEN
(
days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(First_Child_Date_of_birth,Period_SD)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Accrual_rate_per_period
*(days_valid / Total_days)

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Second_Child_Date_of_birth
,First_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(4 * (days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods

days_valid = DAYS_BETWEEN(Third_Child_Date_of_birth
,Second_Child_Date_of_birth)

Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO
+(2 * (days_valid / Total_days))
/No_of_Payroll_Periods
)
)
)

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Running Total
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO'
,Total_Accrued_PTO + Period_Accrued_PTO)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------

FastFormula    1-251
Establish whether the current period is the last one, if so end
the processing, otherwise get the next period
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Period_SD >= Last_Period_SD THEN


(
Continue_Processing_Flag = 'N'
)
ELSE
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(ADD_DAYS(Period_ED,1)
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD'
,GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE'))
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED'
,GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE'))

Continue_Processing_Flag = 'Y'
)

RETURN Continue_Processing_Flag

Sample Formula for Other Additional Holiday (Hungary)


Oracle HRMS provides the HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER formula to
calculate the Other Additional Holiday as required for the Hungarian Absence Report.
The Other Additional Holiday comprises of Youthful Holiday and Additional Health
Holiday. The sample formula is for an accrual plan with the following rules:
• Employee under 18 years of age entitled to an additional 5 days holiday.

• Blind employee entitled to an additional 5 days holiday. This eligibility is based on


the information recorded on the Blind field on the Disabilities window.

• Employee working underground or exposed to radiation entitled to an additional 5


days holiday. This eligibility is based on the information recorded on the
Additional Health Holiday field on the Further Job Info in the Job window.

• Entitlement depends on the number of days worked in a week. The formula takes
into account any work pattern changes.

• Entitlement begins or ends from the date of change, if the shift or disability change
during the leave year.

• Other Additional Holiday for new hires begins on their Hire Date.

The top level formula, HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER calls another


formula called HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL calculate the
accrual for each period. You use the formulas along with the carry over formula
HU_ABS_HOLIDAY_CARRY_OVER. See: Sample Formula for Carry Over Absence,

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page 1-269
The top-level formula, HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER and the looping
formula HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL are given below.

FastFormula    1-253
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER

This formula calculates the total accrued other additional holiday


for a specific period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE IS 'CM'
DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH IS 0
DEFAULT FOR ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00'(date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

INPUTS ARE Calculation_Date (date)


Accruing_Frequency = ' '
Accruing_Multiplier = 0
E = SET_DATE('CALCULATION_DATE',Calculation_Date)

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Payroll_period = HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)

E = SET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY', Accruing_Frequency)
E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER', Accruing_Multiplier)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculate the start and end dates of the current leave year
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year =
TO_DATE('0101'||TO_CHAR(Calculation_Date,'YYYY')
,'DDMMYYYY')

IF Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year > Calculation_Date THEN


(
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =
ADD_MONTHS(Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year, -12)
)

E = SET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR'
, Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year)

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

First_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Calculation_Date to the Termination Date if not null
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

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IF NOT (ACP_TERMINATION_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) OR
NOT (ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN
(
Early_End_Date = LEAST(ACP_TERMINATION_DATE
,ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE)

IF (Early_End_Date < Calculation_Date) THEN


(
Calculation_Date = Early_End_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the last whole period prior to the Calculation Date and ensure
that it is within the Year (if the Calculation Date is the End
of a Period then use that period)
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Calculation_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Calculation_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Continuous Service Global Variable, whilst also
ensuring that the continuous service date is before the
Calculation Period
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF (ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN


(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE', ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE)
)
ELSE IF(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE > Calculation_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
,ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)
ELSE
(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
,ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')

First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = Continuous_Service_Date

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which accrued PTO may first be registered,
i.e the date on which the Ineligibility Period expires
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date

IF (ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH > 0) THEN


(
IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'BM' THEN

FastFormula    1-255
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'F' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*14)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'CM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'LM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*28)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Q' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*3)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH/2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SY' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*6)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'W' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*7)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Y' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*12)
)

IF Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date >
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
AND Calculation_Date < Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date THEN
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date =
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date
)

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)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the first full period following the
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date(if it falls on the beginning of the
period then use that period)
-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date > Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year THEN


(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > Calculation_Period_ED) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52793_PTO_FML_ASG_INELIG')
)
)
ELSE
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which PTO actually starts accruing based on
Hire Date, Continuous Service Date and plan Enrollment Start Date.
-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Continuous_Service_date = ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE THEN


(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = Continuous_service_Date
)
ELSE
(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = GREATEST(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE
,First_Period_SD)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the actual start of the accrual calculation
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF (Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Period_SD AND
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Actual_Accrual_Start_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Accrual_Start_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

FastFormula    1-257
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
If the Actual Accrual Period is after the Calculation Period then
end the processing.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF (Accrual_Start_Period_SD > Calculation_Period_ED) THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52797_PTO_FML_ACT_ACCRUAL')
)
)

ELSE IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > First_Period_SD) THEN


(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED
)
ELSE
(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------

Now set up the information that will be used in when looping


through the periods.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF Calculation_Period_ED >= Accrual_Start_Period_ED THEN
(
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD',Accrual_Start_Period_SD)
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED',Accrual_Start_Period_ED)
E = SET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD',Calculation_Period_SD)
E = SET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED',Calculation_Period_ED)
E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',0)

E = LOOP_CONTROL('HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL')

Total_Accrued_PTO = ROUND(GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO'))
)

IF Accrual_Start_Period_SD <= Calculation_Period_SD THEN


(
Accrual_end_date = Calculation_Period_ED
)

Effective_Start_Date = Accrual_Start_Period_SD
Effective_End_Date = Calculation_Period_ED

IF Effective_Start_Date >= Effective_End_Date THEN


(
Effective_Start_Date = Effective_End_Date
)

RETURN Total_Accrued_PTO
,Effective_start_date
,Effective_end_date
,Accrual_end_date

Looping Formula

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/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_OTHER_ADD_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL

This formula calculates the amount of PTO accrued for a particular


period.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR PER_DATE_OF_BIRTH IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)


DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR EMP_HIRE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR Person_dob IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')
Total_Accrued_PTO = GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO')
Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_SD')
Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_ED')
Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED')
Payroll_Year_SD = GET_DATE('PAYROLL_YEAR_SD')
Accruing_Frequency = GET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY')
Accruing_Multiplier = GET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER')
beginining_year = GET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR')
Calculation_Date=GET_DATE('CALCULATION_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the person date of birth and compute the age.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Person_dob = HU_PERSON_DOB(Calculation_Date)
Age = FLOOR(MONTHS_BETWEEN(Period_ED, Person_dob)/12)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

P= HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)
Accrual_Rate =0
st_date=beginining_year
ed_date=TO_DATE('3112'||TO_CHAR(beginining_year,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

IF EMP_HIRE_DATE > Period_SD AND EMP_HIRE_DATE < Period_ED THEN


(
Period_SD= EMP_HIRE_DATE
)
IF ACP_TERMINATION_DATE > Period_SD AND
ACP_TERMINATION_DATE < Period_ED THEN
(
Period_ED=ACP_TERMINATION_DATE
)

DOB=TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(Person_dob,'DD/MM/')||TO_CHAR(PERIOD_SD,'YYYY')
,'DD/MM/YYYY')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set accrual rate based on age and working pattern.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Age = 18 and DOB>=PERIOD_SD and DOB<=PERIOD_ED THEN

FastFormula    1-259
(
x1 = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(PERIOD_SD,ADD_DAYS(DOB,-1))
Accrual_Rate = (5/260*x1)
)
ELSE IF Age<18 THEN
(
x1 = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(PERIOD_SD,PERIOD_ED)
Accrual_Rate =5/260*x1
)
ELSE
(
Accrual_Rate =0
)
Period_Accrued_PTO=Accrual_Rate
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking for Blind Days
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
Accrual_Rate =0
Accrual_Rate =HU_ABS_GET_BLIND_DAYS(Period_SD,Period_ED)*5/260

Period_Accrued_PTO=Period_Accrued_PTO+Accrual_Rate

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking the additional health of employees.
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Accrual_Rate = 0
Accrual_Rate = HU_ABS_GET_JOB_DAYS(Period_SD,Period_ED)*5/260
Period_Accrued_PTO = Period_Accrued_PTO + Accrual_Rate

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Running Total for Total_Accrued_PTO
------------------------------------------------------------------*/
E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',Total_Accrued_PTO
+ Period_Accrued_PTO)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Establish whether the current period is the last one, if so end
the processing, otherwise get the next period
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
IF Period_SD >= Last_Period_SD THEN
(
Continue_Processing_Flag = 'N'
)
ELSE
(
E = GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD(ADD_DAYS(Period_ED,1))
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD',GET_DATE('PAYROLL_PERIOD_START_DATE'))
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED',GET_DATE('PAYROLL_PERIOD_END_DATE'))
Continue_Processing_Flag = 'Y'
)

RETURN Continue_Processing_Flag

Sample Formula for Sickness Holiday (Hungary)


Oracle HRMS provides the HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER to calculate the
Sickness Holiday as required for the Hungarian Absence Report. The sickness holiday is

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based on the following rules:
• Annual sickness holiday of fifteen days.

• Entitlement depends on the number of days worked in a week. The formula


calculates proportionately if the work pattern changes within the leave year.

• Entitlement depends on the sickness holiday the employee has taken in the
previous employment.

The HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER calls another formula,


HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL to calculate the accrual within a
specific period. There is no carry over formula for Sickness Holiday.
The top-level formula, HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER, and the looping
formula HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL are given below.

FastFormula    1-261
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_MULTIPLIER
This formula calculates the total accrued sickness holiday for a
specific period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE IS 'CM'


DEFAULT FOR ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH IS 0
DEFAULT FOR ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00'(DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)

INPUTS ARE Calculation_Date (DATE)

Accruing_Frequency = ' '


Accruing_Multiplier = 0

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
No_of_Payroll_Periods = HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS (Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Accruing_Multiplier)

E = SET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY', Accruing_Frequency)
E = SET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER', Accruing_Multiplier)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculate the start and end Dates of the current leave year
------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year = TO_DATE('0101'
||TO_CHAR(Calculation_Date
,'YYYY')
,'DDMMYYYY')
End_Of_Calculation_Year = to_DATE('3112'||TO_CHAR(Calculation_Date
,'YYYY')
,'DDMMYYYY')

IF Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year > Calculation_Date THEN


(
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =
ADD_MONTHS(Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
, -12)
)

E = SET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR'
, Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year)

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

First_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(End_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Frequency

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,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Calculation_Date to the Termination Date if not null
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF NOT (ACP_TERMINATION_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) OR


NOT (ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN
(
Early_End_Date = LEAST(ACP_TERMINATION_DATE
,ACP_ENROLLMENT_END_DATE)
IF (Early_End_Date < First_Period_SD) THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52794_PTO_FML_ASG_TER')
)
IF (Early_End_Date < Last_Period_ED) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Early_End_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)
Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')
)
IF (Early_End_Date < Calculation_Date) THEN
(
Calculation_Date = Early_End_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the last whole period prior to the Calculation Date and ensure
that it is within the Year (if the Calculation Date is the End of a
Period then use that period)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- */

E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Calculation_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)

Calculation_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Calculation_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

IF (Calculation_Period_ED < First_Period_SD) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52795_PTO_FML_CALC_DATE')
)
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Continuous Service Global Variable, whilst also
ensuring that the continuous service date is before the
Calculation Period
----------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF (ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE WAS DEFAULTED) THEN

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(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE', ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE)
)
ELSE IF(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE > Calculation_Period_ED) THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52796_PTO_FML_CSD')
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
, ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)
ELSE IF(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE > First_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE,
Accruing_Frequency,
Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year,
Accruing_Multiplier)
First_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')
)
ELSE
(
E = SET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE'
, ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE)
)

Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = Continuous_Service_Date

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which accrued PTo may first be registered,
i.e the date on which the Ineligibility Period expires
---------------------------------------------------------------- */
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date

IF (ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH > 0) THEN


(
IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'BM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'F' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*14)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'CM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'LM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*28)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Q' THEN

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(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*3)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SM' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH/2)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'SY' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*6)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'W' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_DAYS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*7)
)
ELSE IF ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_TYPE = 'Y' THEN
(
Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date =
ADD_MONTHS(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_INELIGIBILITY_PERIOD_LENGTH*12)
)
IF Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date > First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
AND Calculation_Date < Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date THEN
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date = Accrual_Ineligibility_Expired_Date
)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the first full period following the
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date (if it falls on the beginning of the
period then use that period)
---------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date > Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year THEN


(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')

IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > Calculation_period_ED) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52793_PTO_FML_ASG_INELIG')
)
)
ELSE
(
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED = First_Period_ED

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)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the date on which PTO actually starts accruing based
on Hire Date,Continuous Service Date and plan Enrollment Start
Date.
---------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF Continuous_Service_date = ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE THEN


(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = Continuous_service_Date
)
ELSE
(
Actual_Accrual_Start_Date = GREATEST(Continuous_Service_Date
,ACP_ENROLLMENT_START_DATE
,First_Period_SD)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Determine the actual start of the accrual calculation
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF (Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Period_SD AND


Actual_Accrual_Start_Date > First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD) THEN
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(Actual_Accrual_Start_Date
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_Of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE')
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE')
/*----------------------------------------------------------------
If the Actual Accrual Period is after the Calculation Period then
end the processing.
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF (Accrual_Start_Period_SD > Calculation_period_ED) THEN


(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 0
E = PUT_MESSAGE('HR_52797_PTO_FML_ACT_ACCRUAL')
)
)
ELSE IF (First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD > First_Period_SD) THEN
(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Eligible_To_Accrue_Period_ED
)
ELSE
(
Accrual_Start_Period_SD = First_Period_SD
Accrual_Start_Period_ED = First_Period_ED
)

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Retrieve sickness information for previous employment
----------------------------------------------------------------- */

Previous_employment = 'N'
Prev_Sickness_Leave = 0

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IF TO_CHAR(ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE,'yyyy') = TO_CHAR
(Calculation_Date,'yyyy') THEN
(
Prev_Sickness_Leave = HU_ABS_GET_PREV_EMP_SICKNESS_LEAVE
(TO_CHAR(Calculation_Date,'yyyy')
,Previous_employment)
)
Accrued_PTO = 0

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Now set up the information that will be used in when looping
through the periods
------------------------------------------------------------------- */

IF Last_period_ED >= Accrual_Start_Period_ED THEN


(
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD',Accrual_Start_Period_SD)
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED',Accrual_Start_Period_ED)
E = SET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD',Calculation_period_SD)
E = SET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED',Calculation_period_ED)
E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',Accrued_PTO)
E = LOOP_CONTROL('HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL')
Total_Accrued_PTO = ROUND(GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO'))
IF Previous_employment = 'Y' AND Total_Accrued_PTO >
15 - Prev_Sickness_Leave THEN
(
Total_Accrued_PTO = 15 - Prev_Sickness_Leave
E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO',Total_Accrued_PTO)
)
)

IF Accrual_Start_Period_SD <= Calculation_period_ED THEN


(
Accrual_end_date = Calculation_period_ED
)

Effective_Start_Date = Accrual_Start_Period_SD
Effective_End_Date = Calculation_period_ED
IF Effective_Start_Date >= Effective_End_Date THEN
(
Effective_Start_Date = Effective_End_Date
)

RETURN Total_Accrued_PTO, Effective_start_date


, Effective_end_date, Accrual_end_date

Looping formula

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME : HU_SICKNESS_HOLIDAY_PERIOD_ACCRUAL
This formula calculates the amount of PTO accrued for a particular
period
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Get the global variable to be used in this formula
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DEFAULT FOR ACP_TERMINATION_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)

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DEFAULT FOR EMP_HIRE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (DATE)
Continuous_Service_Date = GET_DATE('CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE')
Total_Accrued_PTO = GET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO')
Period_SD = GET_DATE('PERIOD_SD')
Period_ED = GET_DATE('PERIOD_ED')
Last_Period_SD = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_SD')
Last_Period_ED = GET_DATE('LAST_PERIOD_ED')

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the payroll period, accruing frequency, and accruing multiplier
based on the payroll.
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

Accruing_Frequency = GET_TEXT('ACCRUING_FREQUENCY')
Accruing_Multiplier = GET_NUMBER('ACCRUING_MULTIPLIER')
Beginning_of_Calculation_Year =
GET_DATE('BEGINNING_OF_CALCULATION_YEAR')

Period_Accrued_PTO = 0
IF ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE >= Period_SD
AND ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE <= Period_ED
AND ACP_TERMINATION_DATE >= Period_SD
AND ACP_TERMINATION_DATE <= Period_ED THEN
(

Days_valid = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE
,ACP_TERMINATION_DATE)
)
ELSE IF ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE >= Period_SD AND
ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE <= Period_ED THEN
(
Days_valid = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE
, Period_ED)
)
ELSE IF ACP_TERMINATION_DATE >= Period_SD AND
ACP_TERMINATION_DATE <= Period_ED THEN
(
Days_valid = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(Period_SD
, ACP_TERMINATION_DATE)
)
ELSE
(
Days_valid = HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS(Period_SD,Period_ED)
)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculate the Amount Accrued this Period
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
Period_Accrued_PTO = 15 * (Days_valid/260)

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Calculate any absence or bought/sold time etc. to be accounted for in
this period.
--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Absence = GET_ABSENCE(Period_ED, Beginning_of_Calculation_Year)
CarryOver = GET_CARRY_OVER(Period_ED, Beginning_of_Calculation_Year)
Other = GET_OTHER_NET_CONTRIBUTION(Period_ED
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year)
Period_Others = CarryOver + Other - Absence

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/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
Set the Running Total
------------------------------------------------------------------*/

E = SET_NUMBER('TOTAL_ACCRUED_PTO'
,Total_Accrued_PTO + Period_Accrued_PTO)

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------
Establish whether the current period is the last one, if so end
the processing, otherwise get the next period
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/

IF Period_SD = Last_Period_SD THEN


(
Continue_Processing_Flag = 'N'
)
ELSE
(
E = GET_PERIOD_DATES(ADD_DAYS(Period_ED,1)
,Accruing_Frequency
,Beginning_of_Calculation_Year
,Accruing_Multiplier)
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_SD', GET_DATE('PERIOD_START_DATE'))
E = SET_DATE('PERIOD_ED', GET_DATE('PERIOD_END_DATE'))
Continue_Processing_Flag = 'Y'
)

RETURN Continue_Processing_Flag

Sample Formula for Carry Over Absence (Hungary)


Oracle HRMS provides the HU_ABS_CARRYOVER_FORMULA to calculate their
unused Base Holiday, Additional Holiday for bringing up children, and Other
Additional Holiday except Sickness Holiday. Employees can carry over these holidays
up to 30th June of the following year or, if the collective agreement permits, up to 31st
December of the following year. The formula considers 30th June as the carry over
expiry date.
You can use the sample formula HU_ABS_CARRYOVER_FORMULA to calculate the
above entitlements. The sample formula is given below:

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/*====================================================================
Formula Title : HU_ABS_HOLIDAY_CARRY_OVER
Description : This Formula carries over the holidays remaining to
next period.
==================================================================*/
DEFAULT FOR ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE IS '4712/12/31 00:00:00' (date)

INPUTS ARE Calculation_Date (date)


,Accrual_Term (text)

IF ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE WAS DEFAULTED THEN


(
Continuous_Service_Date = ACP_SERVICE_START_DATE
)
ELSE
(
Continuous_Service_Date = ACP_CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE
)
calculation_period_end_date =
TO_DATE('3112'|| TO_CHAR(Calculation_Date,'YYYY'),'DDMMYYYY')

IF Accrual_Term = 'PREVIOUS' THEN


(
Effective_Date = ADD_YEARS(calculation_period_end_date, -1)
)
ELSE
(
Effective_Date = calculation_period_end_date
)

Expiry_Date = ADD_MONTHS(effective_date, 6)
Years_service = FLOOR(MONTHS_BETWEEN(ADD_DAYS(Effective_date,1)
, Continuous_Service_Date) / 12)

IF (GET_ACCRUAL_BAND(Years_service) = 0) THEN
(
Max_carryover = GET_NUMBER('MAX_CARRY_OVER')
)
ELSE
Max_carryover = 30

Process = 'YES'

RETURN Max_Carryover, Effective_date, Expiry_Date, Process

Sample Formula for Validation of YEA Information (Korea)


Oracle provides a predefined legislative formula KR_VALIDATE_YEA_DATA that you
can use as a template to write a custom formula to validate YEA information for each
business group. The formula lists employee information that you can use as input for
the custom formula. If you require more information, you must write formula functions
to query the saved data from the PER_KR_ASSIGNMENT_YEA_INFO table.
If you do not want to define the formula VALIDATE_YEA_DATA, then the application
skips the custom validation step.
When you write the custom formula, you must observe the following rules:

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• Name the formula as VALIDATE_YEA_DATA

• Ensure that the custom formula returns an output parameter named STATUS with
value VALID if data passes the custom validation. If the formula returns any other
value, then the validation fails

• The custom formula can have a maximum of 10 error messages as output variables
to display on the data entry pages, besides STATUS as the output

In the custom formula, you can use database items that use only the following contexts:
• PERSON_ID

• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• DATE_EARNED

Formula Input
The YEA Information Entry passes the following parameters to the formula that you
can choose or not, as inputs in the formula. If you want to use these parameters, then
the INPUT statement within the custom formula must include the desired parameter
with the same name as given in the following table:

PARAMETER NAME DESCRIPTION

Special Tax Exemption  

EE_EDUC_EXP Employee Education Expense

HOUSING_SAVING_TYPE Housing Saving Type

HOUSING_SAVING Housing Saving

HOUSING_PURCHASE_DATE Housing Purchase Date

HOUSING_LOAN_DATE Housing Loan Date

HOUSING_LOAN_REPAY Housing Loan Repay Longterm Housing Loan


Date due

LT_HOUSING_LOAN_DATE Long term Housing Loan Date due less than


15 Years

LT_HOUSING_LOAN_INTEREST_REPAY Long term Housing Loan Interest Repay due


less than 15 Years

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PARAMETER NAME DESCRIPTION

DONATION1 Statutory (100%)

POLITICAL_DONATION1 Political Since 2004.3.12

HI_PREM Health Insurance Premium

POLITICAL_DONATION2 Political Before 2004.3.12

POLITICAL_DONATION3 Political3 (Obsolete)

DONATION2 Specified (10% Limit)

DONATION3 Special (50% Limit)

MED_EXP_EMP Medical Expense for Employee

LT_HOUSING_LOAN_DATE_1 Long term Housing Loan Date due greater


than 15 Yrs

LT_HOUSING_LOAN_INT_REPAY_1 Long term Housing Loan Interest Repay due


greater than 15 years

MFR_MARRIAGE_OCCASIONS Marriage Exemption

MFR_FUNERAL_OCCASIONS Funeral Exemption

MFR_RELOCATION_OCCASIONS Relocation Exemption

EI_PREM Employment Insurance Premium

ESOA_DONATION ESOA (30% Limit)

PERS_INS_NAME Personal Insurance Name

PERS_INS_PREM Personal Insurance Premium

DISABLED_INS_PREM Disabled Insurance Premium

MED_EXP Medical Expense

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PARAMETER NAME DESCRIPTION

MED_EXP_DISABLED Medical Expense for Disabled

MED_EXP_AGED Medical Expense for Aged

EE_OCCUPATION_EDUC_EXP Employee Occupational Education Expense

Foreign Worker Tax Break  

IMMIGRATION_PURPOSE Immigration Purpose

CONTRACT_DATE Contract Date

STAX_APPLICABLE_FLAG Special Tax Applicable

FWTB_APPLICATION_DATE Application Date

FWTB_SUBMISSION_DATE Submission Date

Overseas Tax Break  

TAX_PAID_DATE Tax Paid Date

OTB_SUBMISSION_DATE Submission Date

KR_OVS_LOCATION Location Overseas

KR_OVS_WORK_PERIOD Overseas Work Period

KR_OVS_RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility of Overseas Work

TERRITORY_CODE Country

CURRENCY_CODE Currency

TAXABLE Taxable Earnings

TAXABLE_SUBJ_TAX_BREAK Taxable Earnings subject to Tax Break

TAX_BREAK_RATE Tax Break Rate

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PARAMETER NAME DESCRIPTION

TAX_FOREIGN_CURRENCY Tax (Foreign Currency)

TAX Tax (KRW)

OTB_APPLICATION_DATE Application Date

Tax Break  

HOUSING_LOAN_INTEREST_REPAY Housing Loan Interest Repay

STOCK_SAVING Stock Saving

LT_STOCK_SAVING1 Long term Stock Saving (1st Year)

LT_STOCK_SAVING2 Long term Stock Saving (2nd Year)

Other Tax Exemptions  

DIRECT_CARD_EXP Direct Payment for Employee

DPNT_DIRECT_EXP Direct Payment for Spouse and Dependent

GIRO_TUITION_PAID_EXP Tuition Paid in GIRO

CASH_RECEIPT_EXP Cash Receipt Expenses

KR_MED_EXP_PAID_IN_CARD Medical Expense Paid in card, direct payment,


cash receipt

NP_PREM National Pension Premium

PERS_PENSION_PREM Personal Pension Premium

PERS_PENSION_SAVING Personal Pension Saving

INVEST_PARTNERSHIP_FIN1 Investment Partnership Financing Type1

INVEST_PARTNERSHIP_FIN2 Investment Partnership Financing Type2

CREDIT_CARD_EXP Credit Card for Employee

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PARAMETER NAME DESCRIPTION

EMP_STOCK_OWN_PLAN_CONTRI Employee Stock Ownership Plan Contribution

CREDIT_CARD_EXP_DPNT Credit Card for Spouse and Dependents

You can query these values from the table PER_KR_ASSIGNMENT_YEA_INFO. If you
need any information other than the parameters specified above, then query the values
from the table PER_KR_ASSIGNMENT_YEA_INFO.
Formula Outputs
If you pass an output variable STATUS in the RETURN statement of the formula and if
value of STATUS is VALID, then the employee's YEA information is valid. Any other
output value indicates that employee's YEA information is invalid.
You can return any error messages to display on incorrect data entry on the YEA
Information Entry pages. You can pass up to a maximum of 10 error messages. This is
an optional feature.

Netherlands Reporting ABP Part Time Percentage


Oracle HRMS enables you to override the ABP Part Time percentage at the assignment
level. You define a FastFormula with the name
NL_ABP_REPORTING_PART_TIME_PERCENTAGE, returning a value called
Part_Time_Percentage. The formula code uses any available database items or balances
to obtain a value.

Note: This action is only required if you want to override the


assignment level information.

Netherlands Working Hours Formula


Oracle HRMS enables you to derive the weekly working hours to appear on the Central
Bureau of Statistics (CBS) file. You define a FastFormula with the name
NL_WEEKLY_WORKING_HOURS, to return a parameter called Working_Hours with
a value for weekly working hours in the format 99.99. The formula code uses any
database items or balances to obtain a value for the weekly working hours.

Note: If you do not define a FastFormula, the application draws the


working hours from the Individual Working Hours held on the
assignment.

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Netherlands Payee Name Formulas
Oracle HRMS enables you to present the Payee Name of an employee/organization in a
specified format, in the EFT Payment File. Creating a FastFormula entitled
NL_PAYEE_REPORTING_NAME, you can decide the format the name appears on the
file.
Prior to using the FastFormula, the Payee Name of the person/organization appearing
on the EFT Payment is taken from the Payee Name field on the Personal Payment
Method form. If this field is blank, a check is carried out to find the
NL_PAYEE_REPORTING_NAME FastFormula, and use the information generated
there. The Payee Name is set to Last Name +"+ Initials of the person being paid, if no
formula has been defined.
The Payee Address is taken from the City of the primary address of the relevant
employee/organization identified in the Payee Name record. This is left blank if it does
not exist. If the Payee Name is derived from the Payee Name field on the Personal
Payment Method form, the address used depends on whether the Payee Name
specified is a person or an organization. The Payee Address for an organization is taken
from the City on the appropriate location address, otherwise, it is taken from the City
on the employee's address.
However, if a FastFormula is selected, or the Payee Name consists of the Last Name +"+
Initials, then the City from the employee address is used.

Netherlands EFT Payment Override Formula


Oracle HRMS enables you to override the contents of the Description field in the
Transaction Description Record 160 of the EFT Payment file and enter your own
information. You define a FastFormula with the standard name
NL_TRANSACTION_DESCRIPTION, returning a value called
Transaction_Description. The code in the formula can access any database item to
derive the Transaction Description value. This description can be up to 128 characters in
length, and spread over a maximum of 4 Transaction Description records.

Note: If you use the override, none of the derived values, such as
Employee Name and Assignment Number, is included in the
Transaction Description records unless added in the FastFormula.

Formulas for Netherlands Wage Tax Subsidies


Oracle HRMS provides you with FastFormulas for each of the following Wage Tax
Subsidies:
• Wage Tax Eligibility - NL_WAGE_TAX_SUBSIDY_ELIGIBILITY. This formula

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derives the applicable wage tax subsidies for an employee assignment, and returns
values for the relevant subsidies.

• Wage Tax Subsidy for Low Wages - NL_CALC_LOW_WAGES_TAX_SUBSIDY.


This formula derives the wage tax subsidy for low wages for an employee.

• Wage Tax Subsidy for Paid Parental Leave -


NL_CALC_PAID_PARENTAL_LEAVE_TAX_SUBSIDY. This formula derives a
value for the wage tax subsidy for paid parental leave for an employee.

• Wage Tax Subsidy for Education - NL_CALC_EDUCATION_TAX_SUBSIDY. This


formula derives a value for the wage tax subsidy for education for an employee.

• Wage Tax Subsidy for the Long Term Unemployed -


NL_CALC_LONG_TERM_UNEMPLOYED_TAX_SUBSIDY. This formula derives a
value for the wage tax subsidy for long term unemployed for an employee.

Formulas to Enable Additional Part-Time Percentages for the Netherlands


Oracle HRMS enables you to create FastFormulas to calculate each of the additional
part-time percentage values for an assignment, overriding the current general part-time
percentage and assignment level information. The FastFormulas will have no input
values, returning a parameter called Part_Time_Percentage, in the format 999.9999.
If you want all part-time percentage values to be set from information at the assignment
level, you do not need to define any overriding FastFormulas.
If you want to override all the part-time percentage values using the same calculation,
you define one formula called NL_PART_TIME_PERCENTAGE.
If you need to override any of the part-time percentage values, you must create the
appropriate formula from the following:
• Standard SI part-time percentage-
NL_STANDARD_SI_PART_TIME_PERCENTAGE

• Pseudo SI part-time percentage- NL_PSEUDO_SI_PART_TIME_PERCENTAGE

• Standard SI part-time percentage for reporting-


NL_STANDARD_SI_REPORTING_PART_TIME_PERCENTAGE

• Pseudo SI part-time percentage for reporting-


NL_PSEUDO_SI_REPORTING_PART_TIME_PERCENTAGE

Note: Pseudo SI Calculation uses the Pseudo SI Part-time Percentage.


All the part-time percentages are limited according to the maximum
limits set in the corresponding global values.

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Sample Formulas for Payment Method (Saudi)
Oracle provides sample formulas that you can use to define payment method as per
your bank's requirement.
A payment type is required to identify the method of payment for example, SA Direct
Deposit - SAR. This payment type should reference the generic magnetic tape
procedure.
Formulas: The following formulas are created for Electronic File Transfer (EFT):

FORMULAS:

Formula Description

SA_EFT_HEADER This formula is the header section of the


payment output file. It calls the formula
function
SA_GET_CUSTOMER_FORMULA_HEADER
which in turn fetches the various required
fields for the header part.

SA_EFT_HEADER_CUSTOMER This formula actually formats the fields


fetched by the SA_EFT_HEADER formula as
per the requirement. This formula is a sample
and you can format the fields as per your
requirement.

SA_EFT_BODY This formula is the body section of the


payment output file. It calls the formula
function
SA_GET_CUSTOMER_FORMULA_BODY
which in turn fetches the various required
fields for the body part.

SA_EFT_BODY_CUSTOMER This formula actually formats the fields


fetched by the SA_EFT_BODY formula as per
the requirement. This formula is a sample and
you can format the fields as per your
requirement.

SA_EFT_FOOTER This formula is the footer section of the


payment output file. It calls the formula
function SA_GET_CUSTOMER_FOOTER
which in turn fetches the various required
fields for the footer section.

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Formula Description

SA_EFT_FOOTER_CUSTOMER This formula actually formats the fields


fetched by the SA_EFT_FOOTER formula as
per the requirement. This formula is a sample
and you can format the fields as per your
requirement.

Formula Functions:The following formula functions are also created:

FORMULA FUNCTIONS:

Formula Function Description

SA_USER_CUSTOMER_FORMULA_HEADE This formula function fetches the values for


R the fields, which are passed to it by the calling
formula SA_EFT_HEADER.

SA_USER_CUSTOMER_FORMULA_BODY This formula function fetches the values for


the fields, which are passed to it by the calling
formula SA_EFT_BODY.

SA_USER_CUSTOMER_FORMULA_FOOTER This formula function fetches the values for


the fields, which are passed to it by the calling
formula SA_EFT_FOOTER.

Customer Formula (Sample) Oracle Payroll provides a sample formula for you, to set
up your own formulas for Header, Body and Footer. This sample is based on superset
of data that supports EFT.
The following inputs are allowed in the header/footer and the body section of the
payment file, to write your own formula:
Header/Footer:
• CREATION_DATE, this refers to the effective date on which the payment file is
created as per Hijrah calendar (YYYYMMDD).

• PROCESS_DATE, this refers to the date on which the payment file is submitted as
per Hijrah calendar (YYYYMMDD).

• COUNT 1, this refers to the total number of employees.

• SUM1, this refers to the total amount. You would multiply the total amount with
hundred (100) to display the last two decimal points in your report.

FastFormula    1-279
Body:
• AMOUNT, this refers to the amount for each employee. You would multiply this
amount with hundred (100) to display the last two decimal points in your report.

• FIRST_NAME, this refers to the first name of the employee.

• LAST_NAME, this refers to the last name of the employee.

• EMP_NO, this refers to the employee number.

• ASG_NO, this refers to the assignment number of the employee.

• LOCAL_NATIONALITY, this refers to the local nationality of the employee.

The formula that you have defined should return all the WRITE_TEXT,
REPORT1_TEXT and REPORT2_TEXT variables that are set up in the formulas.
WRITE_TEXT, REPORT1_TEXT, and REPORT2_TEXT are the outputs that are available
for you.
At the maximum you have they can have five WRITE_TEXT, five REPORT1_TEXT and
five REPORT2_TEXT variables. Each variable should not exceed 255 characters in size.
You use the following contexts for each section of your own formula and use database
items for these values only.
Header / Footer:
• DATE_EARNED

• ORG_PAY_METHOD_ID

• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• PAYROLL_ID

• PAYROLL_ACTION_ID

Body:
• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• PER_PAY_METHOD_ID

• DATE_EARNED

• PAYROLL_ID

• PAYROLL_ACTION_ID

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• ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID

• ORGANIZATION_ID

• TAX_UNIT_ID

Oracle may change this formula in future releases. This formula is strictly for example
or prototype uses only, and is not intended to provide a ready-made solution. You can
make a copy of this formula but you should not change your copied version. Always
write your own formula to meet your bank's requirements. This formula may contain
certain hard-coded values for simplified use.
The prototype formula supplied is only designed to work for payment method and
should not be used for any other purpose. Any use of this formula is subject to the
terms of Oracle license agreement for the HRMS programs and documentation.
Sample for the Header is as follows:
*************************************************************** */
/* Formula Name: SA_EFT_HEADER
Description : This formula formats and writes header section of the Magnetic File. It
also writes data onto the audit report.
*************************************************************** */
/* Initialise database items */
DEFAULT FOR ORG_SA_BANK_NAME IS ' '
DEFAULT FOR ORG_SA_ACCOUNT_NUMBER IS ' '
INPUTS ARE CREATION_DATE (Text)
,PROCESS_DATE (Text)
,COUNT1 (Text)
,SUM1 (Text)
TRANSFER_SUM1 = SUM1
TRANSFER_COUNT1 = COUNT1
/* Customer to modify section below this */
/* File Header */
WRITE_TEXT1 = '0' + /* Header Rec */
'000000000000' + /* Key Header */
'G' + /* Month Type */
CREATION_DATE + /* File Creation Date */
PROCESS_DATE + /* Salary Process Date */
'10000' + /* Total Amount for All Employees*/
'100' + /* Total Employees*/
LPAD(ORG_SA_ACCOUNT_NUMBER,15,'0') + /* Company Account Number */
RPAD(' ',68,' ') + /*Filler*/

FastFormula    1-281
CHR(10)
/* Report File Header */
REPORT1_TEXT1 = ' ' + 'Header Record:' + '0 ' +
CHR(10) + ' '+
'Key Header :' + LPAD('0',12,'0') + '
+ 'File Creation Date :' + LPAD(CREATION_DATE,12,'0') + CHR(10)
/*REPORT1_TEXT2 = 'Header Record:' + '0 ' +
'Month Type :' + LPAD('0',12,'0') + ' '
+ 'Salary Process Date :' + LPAD('0',12,'0') + CHR(10)
REPORT1_TEXT3 = 'Header Record:' + '0 ' +
'File Creation Date:' + LPAD('0',12,'0') +
CHR(10)
REPORT1_TEXT4 = 'Header Record:' + '0 ' +
'Salary Process Date:' + LPAD('0',12,'0') +
CHR(10)*/
REPORT1_TEXT2 = ' ' + 'Month Type :' +
LPAD('GREGORIAN',12,'0') + ' '
+ 'Salary Process Date :' + LPAD(PROCESS_DATE,12,'0') + CHR(10)
REPORT1_TEXT3 = ' '
REPORT1_TEXT4 = ' ''
REPORT1_TEXT5 = ' '+
'Total Employees :' + LPAD(COUNT1,12,'0')+
CHR(10)
/*Customer to modify section above this */
RETURN WRITE_TEXT1, REPORT1_TEXT1,
REPORT1_TEXT2,REPORT1_TEXT3,REPORT1_TEXT4,REPORT1_TEXT5,TRANSFER_COUNT1,
TRANSFER_SUM1

Sample Payroll Formulas Enabled for Proration (UK Only)


The following sample formulas show how you can create payroll formulas to be used in
different situations requiring proration.
Oracle may change or upgrade these formulas in future releases of HRMS programs.
These formulas are strictly for example or prototype purposes only, and are not
intended to provide a ready-made solution to be used in your environment. You can
make a copy of these formulas, subject to the terms of the license agreement for the
programs, but you should not change your copied version for prototyping purposes.
You should always write a new formula of your own to meet your particular
requirements. These formulas may contain certain hard-coded values to simplify the
use of formulas for proration.
A typical example of proration would be when a new employee starts work in the

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middle of a monthly payroll period and your payroll department makes a pro-rata
payment to reflect the proportion of monthly pay to which the employee is entitled.
The prototype formula supplied is only designed to work for payroll calculations
involving proration and should not be used for any other purpose. Any use of the
formula is subject to the terms of the Oracle license agreement for the HRMS programs
and documentation.

FastFormula to use if Employee is Paid using Salary Administration


/***************************************************

Formula name : FF_PRORATION_SAL_MANAGEMENT

Formula to calculate salary in proration

DISCLAIMER: Oracle may change or upgrade this FastFormula in the future


releases. This FastFormula is strictly for example or prototype purposes
only. This FastFormula is not intended to provide a ready-made solution
to the users. This formula may contain certain hard-coded values added
to simplify the concept of usage of FastFormulas in proration. Users
should make a copy of this formula and not change this formula. Users
need to write their own new formula(s) to meet requirements.

****************************************************

default for ASG_SALARY_BASIS_GRADE_ANNUALIZATION_FACTOR is 0

default for prorate_start is '01-JAN-1990' (date)

default for prorate_end is '01-JAN-1900' (date)

default for PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE IS '01-JAN-1950' (date)

default for PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE IS '01-JAN-1950' (date)

default for NI_NEW_TAX_YEAR IS '01-JAN-1950' (date)

default for annual_salary is 0.0

inputs are annual_salary (number),

prorate_start (date),

prorate_end (date)

/**

FastFormula    1-283
Prorate_start and prorate_end dates are passed from the payroll engine.
These dates basically represent the dates on which the changes occur in
the salary amount during the pay period. annual_salary is an input value
created in the element to which this formula will be tied. Here the
assumption is that the user enters the annual salary amount through
salary management.

**/

l_amount=annual_salary

l_string = ''

if(ASG_SALARY_BASIS_GRADE_ANNUALIZATION_FACTOR was not defaulted) then

/**

This calculation makes sure that l_amount has the annual salary.

**/

l_amount =

amount*ASG_SALARY_BASIS_GRADE_ANNUALIZATION_FACTOR

/**

l_tax_year_start_date derives the value from the DBI

NI_NEW_TAX_YEAR.

The following calculation sets the start date of the tax year to
01-APR-YYYY and end date of the tax year to 31-MAR-(YYYY+1)

**/

l_tax_year_start_date = NI_NEW_TAX_YEAR

l_tax_year_start_date = TRUNC(l_tax_year_start_date,'month')

l_tax_year =

TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(l_tax_year_start_date,'YYYY')) + 1

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l_tax_year_end_date =

TO_DATE('31/03/'||TO_CHAR(1_tax_year),'DD/MM/YYYY')

/**

The following calculation is for the case when no proration occurs


during the pay period and element entry start date and element entry end
date is not equal to the pay period start and end dates respectively.

**/

IF(prorate_start was defaulted) then

IF(PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE<>ENTRY_END_DATE) THEN

IF(PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE<>ENTRY_START_DATE) THEN

/**

Since prorate_start date is defaulted, it means no proration occured,


therefore we simply return the annual salary amount divided by 12.

**/

l_amount = ROUND(amount/12,2)

result1 = l_amount

return result1

l_post_calc = 'N'

/**

FastFormula    1-285
l_post_calc is a flag used to do the calculation differently depending
on the values of this flag.

**/

/**

The following if condition takes care of the case when

Either

The element entry starts on the same day as pay period start date

OR

Prorate start date IS EQUAL TO element entry start date AND

Prorate start date IS NOT EQUAL TO one day prior to pay period start
date.

For example, in a monthly payroll running for the month of June 2000.

Either

Element entry start date is )01-JUN-2000 (employee starts on the first


day of the payroll period)

OR

Prorate start date is 14-JUN-2000 (employee starts in the middle of the


month or gets a salary change in the middle of the month)

Prorate start date IS NOT 31-MAY-2000

**/

if((prorate_start = ENRTY_START_DATE and

prorate_start <> ADD_DAYS(PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE,-1

)) or

ENTRY_START_DATE = PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE) then

/**

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This code is executed when it is a new entry. Thus the post calc must be
performed.

**/

l_post_calc = 'Y'

else

if(prorate_end<>ENTRY_END_DATE) then

if(prorate_end = PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE) then

/**

This code is executed when it is a normal last proration entry. Thus the
post calc must be performed.

**/

l_post_calc = 'Y'

/**

The following code sets the right proration start and end dates*/

**/

if(prorate_start was defaulted) then

/**

FastFormula    1-287
Prorate start is defaulted when no proration occurs

**/

if(ENTRY_START_DATE=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE) then

/**

Element entry start date is the same as the payroll period start date

**/

prorate_start=ENTRY_START_DATE

if(ENTRY_END_DATE=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE) then

prorate_end=ENTRY_END_DATE

else

prorate_end=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

r)

else if(ENTRY_END_DATE=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE) then

prorate_end=ENTRY_END_DATE

prorate_start=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE

/*Do we have to do daily calc*/

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if((prorate_start>PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE

and prorate_end<PAY_PROC_PEROD_END_DATE)

or

(prorate_start=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE

and prorate_end<PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

and prorate_start=ENTRY_START_DATE)) then

l_post_calc='D'

/*Now perform the calculations*/

if(l_post_calc='N') then

/*Perform in the pre mode, i.e.start of year to current date*/

l_days=days_between(prorate_end,

l_tax_year_start_date) + 1

l_amount1=l_amount * 1_days/365

l_months=TRUNC(months_between(PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE,

l_tax_year_start_date

))

l_amount2=1_amount * l_months/12

result1=1_amount1-l_amount2

else

FastFormula    1-289
if(l_postcalc+'Y') then

/*perform in post mode, i.e.current date to end of year*/

l_days=days_between(l_tax_year_end_date,

prorate_start) + 1

l_amount1=l_amount*l_days/365

l_months=TRUNC(months_between(l_tax_year_end_date,

PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

l_amount2=l_amount*l_months/12

result1=l_amount1-l_amount2

else

/**

This code is executed when l_post_calc=D. Perform in daily mode.

**/

l_days=days_between(prorate_end,prorate-start) + 1

l_amount1=0

l_months=0

l_amount2=0

result1=l_amount*l_days/365

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/**

The following code is just to convert all the non-character variables


into the character variables, so that the values of the variables could
be displayed in the messages available either in SOE form or messages.

**/

prorate_start_res=to_char(prorate_start,'DD-MON-YYYY')

prorate_end_res=to_char(prorate_end,'DD-MON-YYYY')

l_days_res=TO_CHAR(l_days)

l_amount1_res=TO_CHAR(l_amount1)

l_months_res=TO_CHAR(l_months)

l_amount2_res=TO_CHAR(l_amount2)

return result1,

l_post_calc,

l_days_res,

l_amount1_res,

l_months_res,

l_amount2_res,

prorate_start_res,

prorate_end_res

FastFormula to use if Employee is Paid using a Spinal Point/Pay Scale


/***********************************************************

Formula Name = UK_PRORATION_SPINAL_POINT

Formula Type = Oracle Payroll

FastFormula    1-291
Description: This formula is executed from within the payroll run by
processing the element UK Salary Spinal Point. It calculates the rate of
pay and returns this value. It uses the version of the function
RATES_HISTORY which requires a date input to be passed. This formula is
just a prototype.

DISCLAIMER: Oracle may change or upgrade this fast formula in the future
releases. This FastFormula is strictly for example or prototype
purposes. This FastFormula is not intended to provide a ready-made
solution to the users. This formula may contain certain hard-coded
values added to simplify the concept of usage of FastFormulas in
proration. Users should make a copy of this formula and not change this
formula. Users need to write their own new formula(s) to meet
requirements.

************************************************************/

DEFAULT FOR date_worked IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR prorate_start IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR prorate_end IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

inputs are prorate_start(date),

prorate_end(date)

/**

Prorate_start and prorate_end dates are passed from the payroll engine.
These dates basically represent the dates on which the changes occur in
the pay scale/grade rate during the pay period.

**/

amount=0

message=''

IF(prorate_start WAS DEFAULTED)then

/**

prorate_start date is defaulted when no proration occurs

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**/

l_date_worked=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

prorate_start=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE

prorate_end=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

else

l_date_worked=prorate_end

message1='Date defaulted to'||TO_CHAR(date_worked,'DD-MON-YYYY')

/**

The following function returns the value of the pay scale on the
l_date_worked which is last date of hte payroll period if no proration
occurs, otherwise it is the proration end date.

**/

if rates_history(l_date_worked,

'UK Spinal Point,

'E',

'P',

amount,

message)= -1 then

return message, message1

else

FastFormula    1-293
(

l_days = days_between(prorate_end,prorate_start)+ 1

/**

l_days stores the number of days between prorate start and prorate end
dates

**/

message1 = 'The value


is'||TO_CHAR(ROUND(amount,2))||for='||TO_CHAR(l_days||'days from
'||TO_CHAR(prorate_start,'DD-MON-YYYY')||'to'||TO_CHAR(prorate_end,'DD-M
ON-YYYY')

/**

The message is just for informational purposes.

**/

l_amount=amount*(12*1_days/365)

/**

The above calculation is hard-coded to simplify the calculation. Please


write your own calculation logic. The assumption was that the value in
the pay scale is monthly. Therefore to get annual amount it is
multiplied by 12. Then it is divided by 365 days to get the amount for a
single day. Once it is multiplied by l_days, we get the amount for the
days we want.

**/

/**

It is another assumption that a year contains 365 days. Please change


this assumption to take account of the leap year. This formula will not
work properly in a leap year.

**/

return l_amount, message1

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FastFormula to Use if Employee is Paid Using a Grade Rate
/****************************************************************

Formula Name = UK_PRORATION_GRADE_RATE

Formula Type = Oracle Payroll

Description: This formula is executed from within the payroll run by


processing the element UK Salary Grade Rate. It calculates the rate of
pay and returns this value. It uses the version of the function
RATES_HISTORY which requires a date input to be passed. This formula is
just a prototype.

DISCLAIMER: Oracle may change or upgrade this FastFormula in the future


releases. This FastFormula is strictly for example or prototype purposes
only. This FastFormula is not intended to provide a ready-made solution
to the users. This formula may contain certain hard-coded values added
to simplify the concept of usage of FastFormulas in proration. Users
should make a copy of this formula and not change this formula. Users
need to write their own new formula(s) to meet requirements.

****************************************************************/

DEFAULT FOR date_worked IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR PAY_PROC_PERIOD-END_DATE IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR PAY_PROC_PERIOD-START-DATE IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR prorate_start IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

DEFAULT FOR prorate_end IS '01-JAN-1950'(date)

inputs are prorate_start(date),

prorate_end(date)

/**

Prorate_start and prorate_end dates are passed from the payroll engine.
These dates basically represent the dates on which the changes occur in
the pay scale/grade rate during the pay period.

**/

amount = 0

message = ''

FastFormula    1-295
IF(prorate_start WAS DEFAULTED)then

/**

prorate_start date is defaulted when no proration occurs

**/

l_date_worked=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

prorate_start=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_START_DATE

prorate_end=PAY_PROC_PERIOD_END_DATE

else

l_date_worked=prorate_end

message1='Date defaulted to'||TO_CHAR(date_worked,'DD-MON-YYYY')

/**

The following function returns the value of the pay scale on the
l_date_worked which is last date of the payroll period if no proration
occurs, therwise it is the proration end date.

**/

if rates_history(l_date_worked,

'UK Grade Rate',

'E',

'H',

amount,

message) = -1 then

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(

return message, message1

else

l_days = days_between(prorate_end,prorate_start) + 1

/**

l_days stores the number f days between prorate start and prorate end
dates

**/

message1 = 'The value


is'||TO_CHAR(ROUND(amount,2))||for='||TO_CHAR(1_days||'days from
'||TO_CHAR(prorate_start,'DD-MON-YYYY')||'to'||TO_CHAR(prorate_end,'DD-M
ON-YYYY')

/**

The message is just for informational purposes.

**/

l_amount=amount * ((l_days*1600)/365)

/**

The above calculation is hard-coded to simplify the calcuation. Please


write your own calculatioin logic. The assumption was that the value in
the grade rate is hourly. Therefore to get the annual amount it is
multiplied by 16000 hours (assuming that there are 1600 hours in a
year). Then it is divided by 365 days to get the amount for a single
day. Once it is multiplied by l_days, we get the amount for the days we
want.

**/

/**

It is another assumption that a year contains 365 days. Please change


this asusmption to take account of leap year. This formula will not work
properly in a leap year.

FastFormula    1-297
**/

return l-amount,message1

FastFormula to use for a Deduction


/*****************************************************************

Formula name: UK_PRORATION_DEDUCTIONS

Purpose: Formula prototype to calculate prorated deductions.

DISCLAIMER: Oracle may change or upgrade this FastFormula in future


releases. This FastFormula is strictly for example or prototype purposes
only. This FastFormula is ot intended to provide a ready-made solution
for the user. This formula may contain certain hard-coded values added
to simplify the concept of usage of FastFormulas in proration. Users
should make a copy of this formula and not change this formula. Users
need to write their own new formula(s) to meet requirements.

*****************************************************************/

default for prorate_start is '01-JAN-1900'(date)

default for prorate_end is '01-JAN-1900'(date)

default for amount is 0.0

inputs are

prorate_start(date),

prorate_end(date),

annual_deduction(number)

/**

Prorate-start and prorate_end dates are passed from the payroll engine.
These dates basically represent the dates on which the changes occur in
the deduction amount during the pay perod. annual_deduction is an input
value created in the element to which this formula will be tied. Here
the assumption is that the user enters the annual deduction amount in
the input value.

**/

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l_amount=annual_deduction

message='Proration Start Date'||TO_CHAR(prorate_start, 'DD-MON-YYYY')

IF(prorate_start was defaulted)then

/**

prorate_start date is defaulted when no proration occurs. Therefore we


should just return the annual deduction amount divided by 12.

**/

l_amount=l_amount/12

return l_amount

else

l_days=days_between(prorate_end, prorate_start) + 1

/**

l_days stores the number of days between prorate start and prorate end
dates

**/

l_days_in_fiscal_year=365

/**

It is another assumption that a year contains 365 days. Please change


this assumption to take care of leap year. This formula will not work
properly in a leap year.

**/

l_amount=(l_amount*l_days)/l_days_in_fiscal_year

/**

FastFormula    1-299
In the above calculation, since l_amount contains the annual deduction
amount, it is divided by 365 days of the year to get the deduction
amount per day. This amount is then multiplied by the number of days in
question to get the proper deduction amount

**/

return l_amount, message

Sample Rates History Formulas (UK Only)


The following sample formulas show how you can create payroll formulas to be used in
different situations requiring historic rates.
Oracle may change this formula in future releases. This formula is strictly for example
or prototype uses only, and is not intended to provide a ready-made solution. You can
make a copy of this formula but you should not change your copied version. Always
write a formula of your own to meet your own requirements. This formula may contain
certain hard-coded values for simplified use.

Sample FastFormula to Derive a Historic Rate from a Single Element


/*

Formula name : SAMPLE_OVERTIME_PAY_USING_AN_ELEMENT_RATE

Description : Sample formula showing the use of historic rate to


calculate overtime

In this sample, the GET_HISTORIC_RATE function will reference the


'Overtime' element
*/
DEFAULT FOR date_worked IS '1951/01/01 00:00:00' (date)
DEFAULT FOR hours_worked IS 0
INPUTS ARE date_worked(date)
, number_of_hours_worked
hourly_rate =
GET_HISTORIC_RATE
('Overtime' /* Name of the rate to be calculated */
, date_worked /* Date as of which the rate is required */
, 'H' /* Time dimension required, 'H' for Hourly */
)
overtime pay = hourly_rate * number_of_hours_worked

RETURN overtime_pay
, hourly rate

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Sample FastFormula to Derive the Combined Historic Rate from More than One Element
/*

Formula name : SAMPLE_OVERTIME_PAY_USING_A_RATE_TYPE

Description : Sample formula showing the use of historic rate to


calculate the a pension deduction

In this sample, the GET_HISTORIC_RATE will identify all elements


attached.
*/
DEFAULT FOR employee_contribution IS 5.0
INPUTS employee_contribution /* Percentage */
effective_date = SESSION_DATE

annual_salary_rate =
GET_HISTORIC_RATE
('Pensionable Salary' /* Name or the rate to be calculated. */
, effective_date /* Date as of which the rate is required.
*/
, 'A' /* Time Dimension required, 'A' for Annual.
*/
, 'R' /* Specify whether the rate name is a Rate
Type */
)
pension_deduction = (annual_salary_rate * (employee_contribution / 100 )

RETURN ,pension_deduction
,annual_salary_rate

Parameters for the Historic Rates Function


The sample formulas can call the GET_HISTORIC_RATE formula function. The
contexts, parameters and return values for the Rates History function are as follows:
GET_HISTORIC_RATE
GET_HISTORIC_RATE (rate_name, date, time_dimension, rate_type_or_element,
contract_type, contract_type_usage).
The value returned by the function represents the rate as of the given date. The value
returned is of type Number.
You can only use this function in formula types that have a context of Assignment_ID,
for example, Oracle Payroll, QuickPaint.

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Parameter Name Description

P_RATE_NAME The name of the rate type or element that you


want to process. The actual meaning of the
parameter depends on what was passed in the
P_RATE_TYPE_OR_ELEMENT parameter. By
default, the rate name must be an element
type.

P_EFFECTIVE_DATE The date from which you want to calculate the


rate.

P_TIME_DIMENSION The time dimension in which you want to


return the retrieved rate. If the p_rate_name
references an element and you omit the time
dimension in the GET_HISTORIC_RATE call,
then the default time dimension returned is
the same as the source time dimension that
you defined on the element extra information
Historic Rate - Element Attribution. You must
supply a valid time dimension when the rate
name references a rate type.

P_RATE_TYPE_OR_ELEMENT Identifies whether the rate name is an element


or rate type. By default, the rate name is an
element type. Valid values for this parameter
are:

• 'E' if P_RATE_NAME is an element name

• 'R' if P_RATE_NAME is a rate type name

P_CONTRACT_TYPE The name of a default or override contract


type. This parameter specifies the name of the
contract type that the GET_HISTORIC_RATE
function uses.

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Parameter Name Description

P_CONTRACT_TYPE_USAGE Specifies whether the contract in


P_CONTRACT_TYPE has a default
assignment level contract type, or overrides an
assignment level contract level type. You
define assignment level contracts on the Extra
Details of Service window. Valid values for
this parameter are:

• 'DEFAULT' which causes the


GET_HISTORIC_RATE function to use
the contract type named in
P_CONTRACT_TYPE only when an
assignment level contract does not exist at
the effective date.

• 'OVERRIDE' which causes the


GET_HISTORIC_RATE function to
always use the contract type named in
P_CONTRACT_TYPE, even if an
assignment level contract exists.

Sample Deduction Formula Calling the Arrearage Function (UK Only)


The following sample formula shows how you can create payroll formulas for pre-tax
or voluntary deductions if you want to maintain an arrears balance. This formula does
not handle iterative processing for pre-tax deductions. If you are writing a formula for a
pre-tax deduction and you want it to handle iterative processing too, use the seeded
GAYE formula as the example on which to base your own formula.
Oracle may change this formula in future releases. This formula is strictly for example
or prototype uses only, and is not intended to provide a ready-made solution.
/*
========================================================================
===
* SECTION (1):Default values for database items
*
========================================================================
===
*/
Default for NET_PAY_ASG_RUN Is 0
/*
Uncomment this code if your deduction has a Clear Arrears input value.
Default for Clear_Arrears Is 'N'

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*/
/*
========================================================================
===
* SECTION (2): Element Input Values
*
========================================================================
=== */
Inputs are Amount,
Percentage
/* If your deduction has a Clear Arrears input value, add Clear_Arrears
(text) to the Inputs statement. */
/*
========================================================================
===
* SECTION (3): Initialize Local Variables
*
========================================================================
===
*/
/*
========================================================================
=
* SECTION (3.1): Default Iterative Arrearage Function's Out Values
*
========================================================================
=
*/
l_Actual_Usercalc_Amt = 0 /* Act.Ded.Amt for the Period
*/
l_Max_Amount = 0 /* Max Amt that can be taken, on the earnings
*/
l_Min_Amount = 0 /* Min Amt usually set to zero
*/
l_Not_Taken = 0 /* Amt that could'nt be taken due to
insuff.earnings*/
l_To_Arrears = 0 /* Amt that is added to Arrears, to be
rec.later */
l_Arrears_Taken = 0 /* Amt that was taken from the Arrears
*/
l_Error_Message = ' ' /* Error message from the Arrearage Function
*/
l_Warning_Message = ' ' /* Warning message from the Arrearage
Function*/
l_Return_Value = 0 /* Iterative Arrearage function return value
*/
l_mesg_1 = ' ' l_mesg_2 = ' '

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/*
========================================================================
=
* SECTION (3.2): Default Local variables with DB items
*
========================================================================
=
*/
l_clr_add_amt = 0 /* Additional Amount */
l_clr_rep_amt = 0 /* Replacement Amount */
l_deduction_amount = 0 /* Actual Deduction Amount */
l_arrears_allowed = ' '
l_partial_allowed = ' '
/*
========================================================================
===
* SECTION (4): Formula Calulation
*
========================================================================
===
*/
/*
========================================================================
=
* SECTION (4.1): Calculate the actual deduction amount
*
========================================================================
=
*/
l_Actual_UserCalc_Amt = Amount
l_deduction_amount = Amount
l_mesg_1 = l_mesg_1 ||' Act.Ded.Amt='||to_char(l_Actual_UserCalc_Amt)
/*
========================================================================
=
* SECTION (4.2): Get Outstanding Arrears and calculate the remaining
amount
* i.e. the Limit Amount and Guarantee Net Amount, if any.
*
========================================================================
=
*/
l_Return_Value = PQP_GET_ARREARAGE_OPTIONS(l_arrears_allowed
,l_partial_allowed
,l_Error_Message)

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l_Remaining_Amt = 0 /*If Voluntary deduction has limits, specify the
rem. amt */
l_MaxArrears_Amt = 0 /*Out standing Arrears for the element if Arrears
allowed */
l_Guaranteed_Net = 0
/*
========================================================================
=
* SECTION (4.3): Call the Arrearage Function
*
========================================================================
=
*/
l_temp_ToArrears = 0
l_temp_NotTaken = 0
/* Uncomment this code only if the element has a Clear Arrears
* input value that has a value Y or N.
If the deduction has a limit, set l_remaining_amt to the limit minus the
YTD deduction balance.
*/
/*
If Clear_Arrears = 'N' Then
(
l_MaxArrears_Amt = <ARREARS_BALANCE_NAME_YTD>
l_remaining_amt = l_MaxArrears_Amt
)
Else
(
l_To_Arrears = -1 * <ARREARS_BALANCE_NAME_YTD>
l_MaxArrears_Amt = 0
)
*/
l_Deduction_Amount = PQP_Arrearage
(NET_PAY_ASG_RUN /* p_net_asg_run */
,l_MaxArrears_Amt /* p_maxarrears */
,l_Deduction_Amount /* p_dedn_amt */
,l_temp_ToArrears /* p_to_arrears In Out */
,l_temp_NotTaken /* p_not_taken In Out */
,l_Arrears_Taken /* p_arrears_taken In Out */
,l_Remaining_Amt /* p_remaining_amount */
,l_Guaranteed_Net /* p_guaranteed_net */

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)
If l_temp_ToArrears <> 0
/* If the deduction has a Clear Arrears input value, uncomment the
following line*/
/* and Clear_Arrears <> 'Y' */
Then
l_To_Arrears = l_To_Arrears + l_temp_ToArrears
If l_temp_NotTaken <> 0 Then
l_Not_Taken = l_temp_NotTaken
l_mesg_2 = l_mesg_2 ||'Arr.Ded.Amt='||to_char(l_Deduction_Amount)
l_mesg_2 = l_mesg_2 ||' Arrs='||to_char(l_To_Arrears)
l_mesg_2 = l_mesg_2 ||' NotT='||to_char(l_Not_Taken)
/*
========================================================================
=
* SECTION (4.6): Formula Run Results values
*
========================================================================
=
*/
Return l_Deduction_Amount,
l_Not_Taken,
l_To_Arrears,
l_mesg_1,
l_mesg_2

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Legislative Functions

Canadian Legislative Functions


Oracle HRMS for Canada provides the following functions for use in formulas:

CALC_YEARS_OF_SERVICE
This function returns the years of service of an employee assignment. It uses the
following fast formula contexts:
• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• DATE_EARNED

Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_data_type This parameter I HD


determines starting
date to be used to
calculate the period of
service.

GET_RATE_ID_FOR_JOB
This function returns the rate_id of a WCB account related to a particular job.
Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_job Job_id of the job that I


has the associated
WCB account
attached.

P_account_number The Account Number I


of the WCB Account.

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_jurisdiction Jurisdiction Code I


associated with the
WCB Account.

GET_RATE_ID_FOR_WCB_CODE
This function returns the rate of a WCB account related to a particular job.
Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_account_number Account Number of I


the WCB account.

P_code The Rate Code of the I


WCB Account.

P_jurisdiction Jurisdiction Code I


associated with the
WCB Account.

GET_WCB_RATE
This function returns the rate of a WCB account.
Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_rate_id Rate ID of a WCB I


Account.

VALIDATE_PMED_ACCOUNT_NUMBER
This function validates the PMED account number being passed, and it returns
S(Success) or E(Error) based upon the validation. It uses the BUSINESS_GROUP_ID fast
formula context.

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Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_account_number PMED Account I


Number.

VALIDATE_USER_TABLE_COLUMN
This function validates the column of a USER TABLE being passed, and it returns
S(Success) or E(Error) based upon the validation. It uses the BUSINESS_GROUP_ID fast
formula context.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_user_table_column Column Name of the I


USER TABLE.

VALIDATE_USER_TABLE_NAME
This function validates the name of a USER TABLE being passed, and it returns
S(Success) or E(Error) based upon the validation. It uses the BUSINESS_GROUP_ID fast
formula context.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_user_table_name Name of the USER I


TABLE.

VALIDATE_WCB_ACCOUNT_NUMBER
This function validates the Account Number of the WCB Account being passed, and it
returns S(Success) or E(Error) based upon the validation. It uses the
BUSINESS_GROUP_ID fast formula context.
Return Data Type: Text

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_account_number Account Number on I


the WCB Account.

VALIDATE_WCB_RATE_CODE
This function validates the Rate Code of the WCB Account being passed, and it returns
S(Success) or E(Error) based upon the validation. It uses the BUSINESS_GROUP_ID fast
formula context.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_rate_code Rate Code on the I


WCB Account.

GET_EMP_ADDRESS_INFO
This function returns the current address of an employee.
Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_person_id Person_id of the I


employee for whom
we need the current
address.

p_address1 Returns the Address O


line 1 of the employee
address.

p_address2 Returns the Address O


line 2 of the employee
address.

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_address3 Returns the Address O


line 3 of the employee
address.

p_city Returns the City of O


employee address.

p_postal_code Returns the pin code O


of the employee
address.

p_country Returns the country O


of the employee
address.

p_province Returns the province O


of the employee
address.

VALIDATE_GRE_DATA
This function validates the data for the T4 transmitter GRE passed and all the other T4
GREs that belong to the same transmitter GRE.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_trans T4 Transmitter GRE. I

P_year The Year for which I


the transmitter GRE
needs to be validated.

CAEOY_GET_FOOTNOTE_AMOUNT
This function returns the T4A Footnote amount archived against the footnote code once
the Federal yearend process for T4A is completed. It expects the
ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID context to be set.
Return Data Type: Number

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_footnote_code The Footnote for I


which we need to
fetch the amount.

DD_CONVERT_UPPERCASE
This function removes the accents from a string and returns it with the corresponding
string without accents.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

p_input_string Strings with accents I


so that the accents can
be removed and
returned.

CHECK_AGE_UNDER18_OR_OVER70
This function returns a flag that identifies whether an employee is under 18 or over 70
as of the Date Paid (Effective Date of pay_payroll_action) of the run. This function also
expects the PAYROLL_ACTION_ID context to be set.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

PER_DATE_OF_BIRT The Date of Birth of I


H the employee for
whom the check
needs to be done.

p_input_string Strings with accents I


so that the accents can
be removed and
returned.

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CHECK_AGE_UNDER18
This function returns a flag that identifies if an employee is under 18 as of the Date Paid
(Effective Date of pay_payroll_action) of the run. This function also expects the
PAYROLL_ACTION_ID context to be set.
Return Data Type: Text

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

PER_DATE_OF_BIRT The Date of Birth of I


H the employee for
whom the check
needs to be done.

Private Functions
• CA_GARN_BC_EXEMPT

• CAEOY_GET_PENSION_PLAN_REGNO

• CALCULATE_PERIOD_EARNINGS

• CHECK_AGE_UNDER18

• CONVERT_PERIOD_TYPE

• CONVERT_2_XML

• GET_DB_VALUE

• GET_EMPLOYEE_ITEM

• GET_FILE_CREATION_NUMBER

• GET_TRANSMITTER_ITEM

• MULTI_ASG_PRORATION_REGULAR

• STANDARD_HOURS_WORKED

• WORK_SCHEDULE_TOTAL_HOURS

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Hungarian Legislative Functions
Oracle HRMS for Hungary provides the following functions for use in formulas:

HU_ABS_GET_BLIND_DAYS
This formula function returns the number of days in the period for which the employee
is blind.

HU_ABS_GET_CHILD_INFO
This formula function returns the child information such child or children aged under
16 in the start of the period, child or children turning 16 in the given period and date of
birth of any children turning 16 in the given period.

HU_ABS_GET_JOB_DAYS
This formula function returns the number of days for the job with the Additional
Holiday set to Yes for the calculation year.

HU_ABS_GET_PREV_EMP_SICKNESS_LEAVE
This formula function returns the amount of sickness leave taken in the previous
employment for the calculation year.

HU_ABS_GET_WORKING_DAYS
This formula function returns the number of working days for the assignment for the
given period depending on the work pattern attached to the assignment.

HU_ENTRY_IN_ACCRUAL_PLAN
This formula function returns the valid values for the holiday entitlements such as HU1
for Base Holiday, HU2 for Additional Holiday for bringing up children, HU3 for Other
Additional Holiday, and HU4 for Sickness Holiday.

HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS
This formula function returns the number of payroll periods per year.

HU_PERSON_DOB
This formula function returns the date of birth of the employee.

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Japanese Legislative Functions
The following functions have been registered for use in Japanese legislative formulas:

CHECK_FORMAT
(expr, fmt)
The CHECK_FORMAT function returns TRUE or FALSE to verify that the text string
operand expr matches the fmt type as follows:

Format Type Validation

0:0-9 Numbers only, non-omissible

9:0-9 Numbers only, omissible

A:A-Z Capital alphabet only, non-omissible

P:A-Z Capital alphabet only, omissible

a:a-z Small alphabet only, non-omissible

p:a-z Small alphabet only, omissible

L:0-9, A-Z Numbers and capital alphabet only,


non-omissible

C:0-9, A-Z Numbers and capital alphabet only, omissible

l:0-9, a-z Numbers and small alphabet only, non-omissible

c:0-9, a-z Numbers and small alphabet only, omissible

Example:
CHECK_FORMAT ('123456ABC', '999999PPL') returns TRUE

CHECK_DATE_FORMAT
(date, date fmt)
The CHECK_DATE_FORMAT function returns TRUE or FALSE to verify that the date
operand matches a given date fmt.

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Example:
CHECK_DATE_FORMAT ('19990623', 'YYYYMMDD') returns TRUE

GET_LAST_ASSACT
(date1, date2)
The GET_LAST_ASSACT function returns latest assignment_action_id with
'SEQUENCED' classification_name between date1 and date2. Action_types with
'SEQUENCED' classification_name are as follows:

ACTION_TYPE MEANING CLASSIFICATION_NAME

B Balance Adjustment SEQUENCED

F Advance Pay SEQUENCED

I Balance Initialization SEQUENCED

O RetroPay SEQUENCED

Q QuickPay Run SEQUENCED

R Run SEQUENCED

V Reversal SEQUENCED

Z Purge SEQUENCED

ORG_EXISTS
(organization_id, org_class)
The ORG_EXISTS function returns TRUE or FALSE to verify that the organization ID is
in the organization class..
Example:
ORG_EXISTS(12345, 'JP_KENPO')

Mexican Legislative Functions


Oracle HRMS for Mexico provides the following functions for use in formulas:

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GET_MX_TAX_INFO
This function compiles predefined data stored under various contexts in the
PAY_MX_LEGISLATION_INFO_F table. It uses the following fast formula contexts,
which you do not need to pass explicitly:
• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• TAX_UNIT_ID

• DATE_EARNED

• JURISDICTION_CODE

Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_LEGISLATION_IN Legislation I MX Minimum Wage


FO_TYPE information type, as Information.
defined under the
Further Legislation
Information flexfield.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Economic zone. B GMWMWAMWBM


FO1 WC

P_LEGISLATION_IN Minimum wage O Predefined minimum


FO2 value. wage value,
corresponding to the
specified economic
zone.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Do not use. Output O NULL


FO3 variable, returns
NULL.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Do not use. Output O NULL


FO4 variable, returns
NULL.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Do not use. Output O NULL


FO5 variable, returns
NULL.

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_LEGISLATION_IN Do not use. Output O NULL


FO6 variable, returns
NULL.

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_LEGISLATION_IN Legislation I MX Social Security


FO_TYPE information type, as Information.
defined under the
Further Legislation
Information flexfield.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Social security B FQAQBCDDDCWRI


FO1 insurance code. PENRETSEPINF

P_LEGISLATION_IN Days Basis of O Predefined days basis


FO2 Quotation. of quotation value for
the specified
insurance.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Insurance Cap. O Predefined insurance


FO3 cap value for the
specified insurance.

P_LEGISLATION_IN EE Quota Percentage. O Predefined


FO4 employee's quota
percentage value for
the specified
insurance.

P_LEGISLATION_IN ER Quota Percentage. O Predefined


FO5 employer's quota
percentage value for
the specified
insurance.

P_LEGISLATION_IN Display sequence. O Numeric value


FO6 between 1 and 10.

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GET_TAX_SUBSIDY_PERCENT
This function returns the tax subsidy percent defined for the current GRE. It uses the
following formula function contexts, which you do not need to pass explicitly:
• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• TAX_UNIT_ID

Return Data Type: Number

GET_WRIP
This function returns the work risk insurance premium value defined for the current
GRE. It uses the following formula function contexts, which you do not need to pass
explicitly:
• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• TAX_UNIT_ID

Return Data Type: Number

GetIDW
This function returns fixed, variable, and total IDW values for the current assignment. It
uses the following formula function contexts, which you do not need to pass explicitly:
• ASSIGNMENT_ID

• TAX_UNIT_ID

• DATE_EARNED

Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_MODE For all reporting I REPORT


purposes, pass this
parameter with the
string value
"REPORT".

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_FIXED_IDW This parameter O Numeric value for


returns the fixed part fixed IDW.
of IDW for current
assignment.

P_VARIABLE_IDW This parameter O Numeric value for


returns the variable variable IDW.
part of IDW for
current assignment.

GET_SUBJECT_EARNINGS_ANN
This function returns the portion of earnings that are partially subject to State Tax and
both fully and partially subject to ISR. You must call this function for earnings that are
paid on an Annual basis, such as the Christmas Bonus. It uses the following formula
function contexts, which you do not need to pass explicitly:
• DATE_EARNED

• ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID

• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• JURISDICTION_CODE

• ELEMENT_TYPE_ID

Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_TAX_TYPE The type of Tax. I ISRSTATE

P_EARNINGS_AMT Amount of earnings I Any non-negative


for the current run. number

P_YTD_EARNINGS_ Earnings earned from I Any non-negative


AMT the start of Year to number
Date.

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_GROSS_EARNING Gross Earnings for I Any non-negative


S the assignment in the number
current run.

P_YTD_GROSS_EAR Gross Earnings for I Any non-negative


NINGS the assignment in the number
current year till date.

P_DAILY_SALARY Daily Salary for the I Any non-negative


assignment. number

P_CLASSIFICATION Secondary element I Secondary element


_NAME classification to which classification names
the earnings belong. for Mexico
localization

GET_SUBJECT_EARNINGS_FOR_PERIOD
This function returns the portion of earnings that are partially subject to State Tax and
both fully and partially subject to ISR. You must call this function for earnings that are
paid on a Periodic basis, such as Fixed Earnings. It uses the following formula function
contexts, which you do not need to pass explicitly:
• DATE_EARNED

• ASSIGNMENT_ACTION_ID

• BUSINESS_GROUP_ID

• JURISDICTION_CODE

• ELEMENT_TYPE_ID

Return Data Type: Number

Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_TAX_TYPE The type of Tax. I ISRSTATE

P_EARNINGS_AMT Amount of earnings I Any non-negative


for the current run. number

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Parameter Name Description In/Out/Both Valid Values

P_YTD_EARNINGS_ Earnings earned from I Any non-negative


AMT the start of Year to number
Date.

P_PTD_EARNINGS_ Earnings earned from I Any non-negative


AMT the start of Payroll number
Period to Date.

P_GROSS_EARNING Gross Earnings for I Any non-negative


S the assignment in the number
current run.

P_YTD_GROSS_EAR Gross Earnings for I Any non-negative


NINGS the assignment in the number
current year till date.

P_DAILY_SALARY Daily Salary for the I Any non-negative


assignment. number

P_CLASSIFICATION Secondary element I Secondary element


_NAME classification to which classification names
the earnings belongs. for Mexico
localization

South African Legislative Functions


Oracle HRMS for South Africa provides two prorating functions for use in formulas:

Prorate_Working_Days
• Proration is based on an average of 21.67 working days in a month. The number of
days the employee has worked is derived from Assignment start to end date or the
Payroll Period End Date. The number of working days in a month excludes
Saturdays and Sundays but includes public holidays.

Prorate_Calendar_Days
• Proration is based on the number of calendar days in a month. The number of days
the employee has worked is derived from Assignment start to end date or the
Payroll Period End Date.

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See:Functions, Using Oracle FastFormula

UK Only Functions
The following functions have been registered for use in the UK only formulas.

CALCULATE_TIME_WORKED
Calculates the time worked between a start date and end date for an assignment.

CLASS1A_YTD
Calculate car benefit, year to date

COUNT_ASSIGNMENTS
Count of assignments an employee has

DIRECTOR_WEEKS
Number of weeks an employee has been a director

GET_BACS_PROCESS_DATE
Return the BACS processing date

GET_FTE_VALUE
The GET_FTE_VALUE identifies the FTE value for a given assignment on a specified
date in the past from the PER_ASSIGNMENT_BUDGET_VALUES table.
This function uses the following Input Parameters:
• P_ASSIGNMENT_ID (number) - this is a required input and identifies which
assignment to retrieve FTE for.

• P_QUERY_DATE (date) - this is a required input and specifies the date at which to
retrieve FTE.

NI_ABLE_DIR_YTD
NIable pay for a director, year to date

NI_ABLE_PER_PTD
NIable pay for a person with multiple assignments

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NI_CO_RATE_FROM_CI_RATE
Find the NI contracted out rate from the CI rate

PAYMENT_YTD
Calculate car payment, year to date

PERIOD_TYPE_CHECK
Test whether the period type is valid

PQP_GB_GET_ABSENCE_SSP_FOR_DATE_RANGE
Returns the amount of SSP payable for an absence within a date range.

PQP_GB_GET_ABSENCE_SMP_FOR_DATE_RANGE
Returns the amount of SMP payable for an absence within a date range.

PQP_GB_GAP_GET_FIRST_PAID_DAY
Returns the date on which a person starts to receive a given level of OSP payment.

PQP_GB_GAP_GET_LAST_PAID_DAY
Returns the date on which a person last received a given level of OSP payment.

PQP_GB_GAP_GET_FIRST_ENTITLED_DAY
Returns the date on which a person's entitlement for a given level of OSP payment
starts.

PQP_GB_GAP_GET_LAST_ENTITLED_DAY
Returns the date on which a person's entitlement for a given level of OSP payment
ceases.

SESSION_DATE
Return the session date

UK_TAX_YR_END
Find the end of the tax year

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UK_TAX_YR_START
Find the start of the tax year

USER_RANGE_BY_LABEL
Lower bound of range from user table using row label

USER_VALUE_BY_LABEL
Value from user table using row label

VALIDATE_BACS_DATE
Return the previous BACS process date to a given date

VALIDATE_USER_VALUE
Verify that a given value is in a user table.

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Glossary

360-Degree Appraisal
Part of the SSHR Appraisal function and also known as a Group Appraisal. This is an
employee appraisal undertaken by managers with participation by reviewers.

Absence
A period of time in which an employee performs no work for the assigned organization.

Absence Case
Two or more absences for the same person that you associate manually because they
share a common factor, such as the same underlying cause.

Absence Type
Category of absence, such as medical leave or vacation leave, that you define for use in
absence windows.

Accrual
The recognized amount of leave credited to an employee which is accumulated for a
particular period.

Accrual Band
A range of values that determines how much paid time off an employee accrues. The
values may be years of service, grades, hours worked, or any other factor.

Accrual Period
The unit of time, within an accrual term, in which PTO is accrued. In many plans, the
same amount of time is accrued in each accrual period, such as two days per month. In
other plans, the amount accrued varies from period to period, or the entitlement for the
full accrual term is given as an up front amount at the beginning of the accrual term.

Accrual Plan
See: PTO Accrual Plan, page Glossary-32

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Accrual Term
The period, such as one year, for which accruals are calculated. In most accrual plans,
unused PTO accruals must be carried over or lost at the end of the accrual term. Other
plans have a rolling accrual term which is of a certain duration but has no fixed start
and end dates.

Action
In AME, an Action is the Then part of an Approval Rule that specifies how the
application must progress a transaction's approval process in a particular way
depending on the conditions met.
See: Approval Rule., page Glossary-5

Action Type
In AME, an action type is the generic container for specific actions. It enables you to
specify the action to take if a transaction meets the condition of an approval rule. The
action type, thus, generates the appropriate approvers for a transaction. As an AME
administrator you can make particular action types available for specified transaction
types. See: Transaction Types., page Glossary-41

Active Employee
DBI for HRMS counts an employee, page Glossary-17 as active if they have a current
period of service, page Glossary-13 at the effective date, page Glossary-16
If an employee is suspended, DBI for HRMS still counts them as active.
DBI for HRMS also uses the term Incumbent to refer to an active employee.

Active Contingent Worker


DBI for HRMS counts a contingent worker, page Glossary-11 as active if they have a
current period of placement , page Glossary-13 at the effective date, page Glossary-16.
If a contingent worker is suspended, DBI for HRMS still counts them as active. DBI for
HRMS also uses the term Incumbent to refer to an active contingent worker.

Activity Rate
The monetary amount or percentage associated with an activity, such as $12.35 per pay
period as an employee payroll contribution for medical coverage. Activity rates can
apply to participation, eligibility, coverages, contributions, and distributions.

Actual Premium
The per-participant premium an insurance carrier charges the plan sponsor for a given
benefit.

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Administrative Enrollment
A type of scheduled enrollment caused by a change in plan terms or conditions and
resulting in a re-enrollment.

AdvancePay
A process that recalculates the amount to pay an employee in the current period, to
make an authorized early payment of amounts that would normally be paid in future
payroll periods.

Agency
An external organization that assists an enterprise in their recruitment process.
Agencies act on behalf of the candidates to help them search and apply for jobs. They
provide candidates to the fill up job openings in an enterprise or sometimes handle the
complete placement process for a vacancy.

Agency Candidate
An agency candidate is a person whose profile is created in iRecruitment by a recruiting
agency. This profile includes personal and professional information.

Agency User
An external person who belongs to a recruiting agency and accesses iRecruitment to
conduct recruiting activities such as creating candidates and applying on behalf of the
candidates.

Alert
An email notification that you can set up and define to send a recipient or group of
recipients a reminder or warning to perform a certain task or simply a notification to
inform the recipient of any important information.

Align
To define a relationship between objectives. Workers can align their own objectives
with objectives that other workers have shared with them. Aligned objectives are also
known as supporting objectives.

AME
Oracle Approvals Management Engine. A highly extensible approvals rules engine that
enables organizations implementing Oracle Applications to simply and effectively
define business rules that determine who must approve a transaction originating within
an application. You can devise simple or complex rules, as your organization requires,
which then form part of your overall business flow. A central repository holds all the
rules to facilitate management and sharing between business processes.

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API
Application Programmatic Interfaces, used to upload data to the Oracle Applications
database. APIs handle error checking and ensure that invalid data is not uploaded to
the database.

Applicant
An applicant is a person who submits an application for employment to an
organization.

Applicability
In HRMS budgeting, a term describing whether a budget reallocation rule pertains to
donors or receivers.

Applicant/Candidate Matching Criteria


Matching functionality in the iRecruitment system that systematically identifies which
candidates and applicants possess the skills, knowledge and abilities to be considered
for a specific vacancy. The following columns are used for matching:
• Skills

• FT/PT

• Contractor/Employee

• Work at Home

• Job Category

• Distance to Location

• Key Words

• Salary

Apply for a Job


An SSHR function that enables an employee to, apply, search and prepare applications
for an internally advertised vacancy.

Appraisal
An appraisal is a process where an employee's work performance is rated and future
objectives set.
See also: Assessment, page Glossary-5.

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Appraisee
The person who is the subject of an appraisal.

Appraiser
A person, usually a manager, who appraises an employee.

Appraising Manager
The person who initiates and performs an Employee-Manager or 360 Degree Appraisal.
An appraising manager can create appraisal objectives.

Approval Rule
In AME, a business rule that determines a transaction's approval process. You construct
rules using conditions and actions. For example, you can write a business rule with the
conditions that if the total cost of a transaction is less than 1000 USD, and the
transaction is for travel expenses, then the action must be to obtain approval from the
immediate supervisor of the person triggering the transaction.
See also Conditions, page Glossary-11, Actions, page Glossary-2.

Approver Groups
In AME, an approver group is a collection of approvers you define, which you can
include as part of actions when you set up your approval rules.

Arrestment
Scottish court order made out for unpaid debts or maintenance payments.
See also: Court Order , page Glossary-12

Assessment
An information gathering exercise, from one or many sources, to evaluate a person's
ability to do a job.
See also: Appraisal, page Glossary-4.

Assignment
A worker's assignment identifies their role within a business group. The assignment is
made up of a number of assignment components. Of these, organization is mandatory,
and payroll is required (for employees only) for payment purposes.

Assignment Number
A number that uniquely identifies a worker's assignment. A worker with multiple
assignments has multiple assignment numbers.

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Assignment Rate
A monetary value paid to a contingent worker for a specified period of time. For
example, an assignment rate could be an hourly overtime rate of $10.50.

Assignment Set
A grouping of employees and applicants that you define for running QuickPaint
reports and processing payrolls.
See also: QuickPaint Report, page Glossary-33

Assignment Status
For workers, used to track their permanent or temporary departures from your
enterprise and, for employees only, to control the remuneration they receive. For
applicants, used to track the progress of their applications.

Attribute
In AME, attributes are the business facts of a transaction, such as the total amount of a
transaction, percentage of a discount, an item's category, or a person's salary and so on.
These business variables form part of the conditions of an approval rule, and determine
how the transaction must progress for approvals.

Authoria
A provider of health insurance and compensation information, that provides additional
information about benefits choices.

BACS
Banks Automated Clearing System. This is the UK system for making direct deposit
payments to employees.

Balance Adjustment
A correction you make to a balance. You can adjust user balances and assignment level
predefined balances only.

Balance Dimension
The period for which a balance sums its balance feeds, or the set of
assignments/transactions for which it sums them. There are five time dimensions: Run,
Period, Quarter, Year and User. You can choose any reset point for user balances.

Balance Feeds
These are the input values of matching units of measure of any elements defined to feed
the balance.

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Balances
Positive or negative accumulations of values over periods of time normally generated
by payroll runs. A balance can sum pay values, time periods or numbers.
See also: Predefined Components , page Glossary-31

Bargaining Unit
A bargaining unit is a legally organized group of people which have the right to
negotiate on all aspects of terms and conditions with employers or employer
federations. A bargaining unit is generally a trade union or a branch of a trade union.

Base Summary
A database table that holds the lowest level of summary. Summary tables are populated
and maintained by user-written concurrent programs.

Beneficiary
A person or organization designated to receive the benefits from a benefit plan upon the
death of the insured.

Benefit
Any part of an employee's remuneration package that is not pay. Vacation time,
employer-paid medical insurance and stock options are all examples of benefits.
See also: Elements, page Glossary-16

Block
The largest subordinate unit of a window, containing information for a specific business
function or entity. Every window consists of at least one block. Blocks contain fields
and, optionally, regions. They are delineated by a bevelled edge. You must save your
entries in one block before navigating to the next.
See also: Region, page Glossary-34, Field, page Glossary-18

Budget Measurement Type (BMT)


A subset of Workforce Measurement Type. It consists of a number of different units
used to measure the workforce. The most common units are headcount and full time
equivalent.

Budget Value
In Oracle Human Resources you can enter staffing budget values and actual values for
each assignment to measure variances between actual and planned staffing levels in an
organization or hierarchy.

Business Group
The business group represents a country in which your enterprise operates. It enables

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you to group and manage data in accordance with the rules and reporting requirements
of each country, and to control access to data.

Business Group Currency


The currency in which Oracle Payroll performs all payroll calculations for your
Business Group. If you pay employees in different currencies to this, Oracle Payroll
calculates the amounts based on exchange rates defined in the system.

Business Number (BN)


In Canada, this is the employer's account number with Revenue Canada. Consisting of
15 digits, the first 9 identify the employer, the next 2 identify the type of tax account
involved (payroll vs. corporate tax), and the last 4 identify the particular account for
that tax.

Business Rule
See Configurable Business Rules, page Glossary-11

Cafeteria Benefits Plan


See: Flexible Benefits Program, page Glossary-18

Calendar Exceptions
If you are using the Statutory Absence Payments (UK) feature, you define calendar
exceptions for an SSP qualifying pattern, to override the pattern on given days. Each
calendar exception is another pattern which overrides the usual pattern.

Calendars
In Oracle Human Resources you define calendars that determine the start and end dates
for budgetary years, quarters and periods. For each calendar you select a basic period
type. If you are using the Statutory Absence Payments (UK) feature, you define
calendars to determine the start date and time for SSP qualifying patterns.

Canada/Quebec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) Contributions


Contributions paid by employers and employees to each of these plans provide income
benefits upon retirement.

Candidate
(iRecruitment) A candidate is a person who has either directly provided their personal
and professional information to a company's job site or provided their resume and
details to a manager or recruiter for entering in the iRecruitment system.

Candidate Offers
An SSHR function used by a line manager to offer a job to a candidate. This function is
supplied with its own responsibility.

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Career Path
This shows a possible progression from one job or position from any number of other
jobs or positions within the Business Group. A career path must be based on either job
progression or position progression; you cannot mix the two.

Carry Over
The amount of unused paid time off entitlement an employee brings forward from one
accrual term to the next. It may be subject to an expiry date i.e. a date by which it must
be used or lost.
See also: Residual, page Glossary-35

Cascade
A process managers at each level in a hierarchy use to allocate their own objectives to
workers who report directly to them. This technique enables the allocation of enterprise
objectives in some form to all workers.

Cash Analysis
A specification of the different currency denominations required for paying your
employees in cash. Union contracts may require you to follow certain cash analysis
rules.

Ceiling
The maximum amount of unused paid time off an employee can have in an accrual
plan. When an employee reaches this maximum, he or she must use some accrued time
before any more time will accrue.

Certification
Documentation required to enroll or change elections in a benefits plan as the result of a
life event, to waive participation in a plan, to designate dependents for coverage, or to
receive reimbursement for goods or services under an FSA.

Chief HR Officer
In DBI for HRMS the Chief HR Officer is the chief executive of the enterprise who can
view the HR data at an enterprise-level.

Child/Family Support Payments


In Canada, these are payments withheld from an employee's compensation to satisfy a
child or family support order from a Provincial Court. The employer is responsible for
withholding and remitting the payments to the court named in the order.

Collective Agreement
A collective agreement is a form of contract between an employer or employer

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representative, for example, an employer federation, and a bargaining unit for example,
a union or a union branch.

Collective Agreement Grade


Combination of information that allows you to determine how an employee is ranked
or graded in a collective agreement.

Communications
Benefits plan information that is presented in some form to participants. Examples
include a pre-enrollment package, an enrollment confirmation statement, or a notice of
default enrollment.

Compensation
The pay you give to employees, including wages or salary, and bonuses.
See also: Elements, page Glossary-16

Compensation Object
For Standard and Advanced Benefits, compensation objects define, categorize, and help
to manage the benefit plans that are offered to eligible participants. Compensation
objects include programs, plan types, plans, options, and combinations of these entities.

Competency
Any measurable behavior required by an organization, job or position that a person
may demonstrate in the work context. A competency can be a piece of knowledge, a
skill, an attitude, or an attribute.
See also: Unit Standard Competency, page Glossary-41

Competency Assessment Template


The entity that configures the Competencies section of an appraisal.
See also: Objective Assessment Template, page Glossary-26

Competency Evaluation
A method used to measure an employees ability to do a defined job.

Competency Profile
Where you record applicant and employee accomplishments, for example, proficiency
in a competency.

Competency Requirements
Competencies required by an organization, job or position.
See also: Competency, page Glossary-10, Core Competencies, page Glossary-12

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Competency Type
A group of related competencies.

Condition
In AME, a Condition is the If part of an Approval Rule that specifies the conditions a
transaction must meet to trigger an approval action. A condition consists of an attribute,
which is a business variable, and a set of attribute values that you can define. When a
transaction meets the specified attribute values, then the application triggers the
appropriate action.
See: Approval Rule., page Glossary-5

Configurable Business Rule


In HRMS position control and budgeting, predefined routines (also called process rules)
that run when you apply an online transaction, and validate proposed changes to
positions, budgets, or assignments. You set their default status level (typically Warning)
to Warning, Ignore, or Error.

Configurable Forms
Forms that your system administrator can modify for ease of use or security purposes
by means of Custom Form restrictions. The Form Customization window lists the forms
and their methods of configuration.

Consideration
(iRecruitment) Consideration means that a decision is registered about a person in
relation to a vacancy so that the person can be contacted.

Consolidation Set
A grouping of payroll runs within the same time period for which you can schedule
reporting, costing, and post-run processing.

Contact
A person who has a relationship to an employee that you want to record. Contacts can
be dependents, relatives, partners or persons to contact in an emergency.

Content
When you create a spreadsheet or word processing document using Web ADI, the
content identifies the data in the document. Content is usually downloaded from the
Oracle application database.

Contingent Worker
A worker who does not have a direct employment relationship with an enterprise and
is typically a self-employed individual or an agency-supplied worker. The contingent

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worker is not paid via Oracle Payroll.

Contract
A contract of employment is an agreement between an employer and employee or
potential employee that defines the fundamental legal relationship between an
employing organization and a person who offers his or her services for hire. The
employment contract defines the terms and conditions to which both parties agree and
those that are covered by local laws.

Contribution
An employer's or employee's monetary or other contribution to a benefits plan.

Core Competencies
Also known as Leadership Competencies or Management Competencies. The competencies
required by every person to enable the enterprise to meet its goals.
See also: Competency, page Glossary-10

Costable Type
A feature that determines the processing an element receives for accounting and costing
purposes. There are four costable types in Oracle HRMS: costed, distributed costing,
fixed costing, and not costed.

Costing
Recording the costs of an assignment for accounting or reporting purposes. Using
Oracle Payroll, you can calculate and transfer costing information to your general
ledger and into systems for project management or labor distribution.

Court Order
A ruling from a court that requires an employer to make deductions from an
employee's salary for maintenance payments or debts, and to pay the sums deducted to
a court or local authority.
See also: Arrestment, page Glossary-5

Credit
A part of the Qualifications Framework. The value a national qualifications authority
assigns to a unit standard competence or a qualification. For example, one credit may
represent 10 hours of study, a unit standard competence may equate to 5 credits, and a
qualification may equate to 30 credits.

Criteria Salary Rate


Variable rate of pay for a grade, or grade step. Used by Grade/Step Progression.

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Current Period of Service
An employee's period of service is current if their most recent hire date is on or before
the effective date, and either the employee does not have a termination date for their
latest employment, or their termination date is later than the effective date.
The table below provides an example using an effective date of 12 October 2004:

Effective Date Hire Date Termination Date Current Period of


Service?

12 Oct 2004 23 Jan 1994 16 Aug 2003 No

12 Oct 2004 14 Oct 2004 ANY No

12 Oct 2004 14 Mar 2000 NONE Yes

12 Oct 2004 11 Sep 2001 15 Oct 2004 Yes

Note: In Oracle HRMS an employee cannot transfer from one business


group to another. To move from one business group to another, the
business group they are leaving must terminate the employee, and the
business group they are joining must re-hire the employee. Therefore
the definition of period of service, above, does not take account of any
service prior to the most recent business group transfer.

Current Period of Placement


A contingent worker's period of placement, page Glossary-30 is current if their most
recent placement start date is on or before the effective date, and either the contingent
worker does not have a placement end date for their latest placement or their placement
end date is later than the effective date.

Effective Date Place Date End Placement Date Current Period of


Placement?

12 Oct 2004 23 Jan 1994 16 Aug 2003 No

12 Oct 2004 14 Oct 2004 ANY No

12 Oct 2004 14 Mar 2000 NONE Yes

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Effective Date Place Date End Placement Date Current Period of
Placement?

12 Oct 2004 11 Sep 2001 15 Oct 2004 Yes

Database Item
An item of information in Oracle HRMS that has special programming attached,
enabling Oracle FastFormula to locate and retrieve it for use in formulas.

Date Earned
The date the payroll run uses to determine which element entries to process. In North
America (and typically elsewhere too) it is the last day of the payroll period being
processed.

Date Paid
The effective date of a payroll run. Date paid dictates which tax rules apply and which
tax period or tax year deductions are reported.

Date To and Date From


These fields are used in windows not subject to DateTrack. The period you enter in
these fields remains fixed until you change the values in either field.
See also: DateTrack, page Glossary-14, Effective Date, page Glossary-16

DateTrack
When you change your effective date (either to past or future), DateTrack enables you
to enter information that takes effect on your new effective date, and to review
information as of the new date.
See also: Effective Date, page Glossary-16

Default Postings
(iRecruitment) Default text stored against business groups, organizations, jobs, and/or
positions. The default postings are used to create job postings for a vacancy.

Department
In DBI for HRMS, the term Department has the same meaning as Organization.

Dependent
In a benefit plan, a person with a proven relationship to the primary participant whom
the participant designates to receive coverage based on the terms of the plan.

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Deployment
The temporary or permanent employment of an employee in a business group.
See also: Secondment, page Glossary-37

Deployment Factors
See: Work Choices, page Glossary-43

Deployment Proposal
The entity that controls the permanent transfer or temporary secondment of an
employee from a source business group to a destination business group. The HR
Professional in the destination business group creates the deployment proposal using
the Global Deployments function.

Derived Factor
A factor (such as age, percent of fulltime employment, length of service, compensation
level, or the number of hours worked per period) that is used in calculations to
determine Participation Eligibility or Activity Rates for one or more benefits.

Descriptive Flexfield
A field that your organization can configure to capture additional information required
by your business but not otherwise tracked by Oracle Applications.
See also: Key Flexfield , page Glossary-22

Developer Descriptive Flexfield


A flexfield defined by your localization team to meet the specific legislative and
reporting needs of your country.
See also: Extra Information Types, page Glossary-18

Direct Deposit
The electronic transfer of an employee's net pay directly into the account(s) designated
by the employee.

Discoverer Workbook
A grouping of worksheets. Each worksheet is one report.

Discoverer Worksheet
A single report within a workbook. A report displays the values of predefined criteria
for analysis.

Distribution
Monetary payments made from, or hours off from work as allowed by, a compensation
or benefits plan.

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Download
The process of transferring data from the Oracle HRMS application to your desktop (the
original data remains in the application database).

Effective Date
The date for which you are entering and viewing information. You set your effective
date in the Alter Effective Date window.
See also: DateTrack, page Glossary-14

EIT
See: Extra Information Type, page Glossary-18

Electability
The process which determines whether a potential benefits participant, who has
satisfied the eligibility rules governing a program, plan, or option in a plan, is able to
elect benefits. Participants who are eligible for benefits do not always have electable
benefit choices based on the rules established in a benefit plan design.

Element Classifications
These control the order in which elements are processed and the balances they feed.
Primary element classifications and some secondary classifications are predefined by
Oracle Payroll. Other secondary classifications can be created by users.

Element Entry
The record controlling an employee's receipt of an element, including the period of time
for which the employee receives the element and its value.
See also: Recurring Elements, page Glossary-34, Nonrecurring Elements, page Glossary-
26

Element Link
The association of an element to one or more components of an employee assignment.
The link establishes employee eligibility for that element. Employees whose assignment
components match the components of the link are eligible for the element.
See also: Standard Link, page Glossary-38

Elements
Components in the calculation of employee pay. Each element represents a
compensation or benefit type, such as salary, wages, stock purchase plans, and pension
contributions.

Element Set
A group of elements that you define to process in a payroll run, or to control access to

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compensation information from a configured form, or for distributing costs.

Eligibility
The process by which a potential benefits participant satisfies the rules governing
whether a person can ever enroll in a program, plan, or option in a plan. A participant
who is eligible for benefits must also satisfy electability requirements.

Employee
A worker who has a direct employment relationship with the employer. Employees are
typically paid compensation and benefits via the employer's payroll application.
Employees have a system person type of Employee and one or more assignments with
an assignment type of Employee.

Employee Histories
An SSHR function for an employee to view their Learning History, Job Application
History, Employment History, Absence History, or Salary History. A manager can also
use this function to view information on their direct reports.

Employment Category
A component of the employee assignment. Four categories are defined: Full Time -
Regular, Full Time - Temporary, Part Time - Regular, and Part Time - Temporary.

Employment Equity Occupational Groups (EEOG)


In Canada, the Employment Equity Occupational Groups (EEOG) consist of 14
classifications of work used in the Employment Equity Report. The EEOGs were
derived from the National Occupational Classification system.

Employment Insurance (EI)


Benefit plan run by the federal government to which the majority of Canadian
employers and employees must contribute.

End Placement Date


DBI for HRMS uses this term to specifically refer to the contingent worker's most recent
placement end date prior to the effective date.

Employment Insurance Rate


In Canada, this is the rate at which the employer contributes to the EI fund. The rate is
expressed as a percentage of the employee's contribution. If the employer maintains an
approved wage loss replacement program, they can reduce their share of EI premiums
by obtaining a reduced contribution rate. Employers would remit payroll deductions
under a different employer account number for employees covered by the plan.

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Enrollment Action Type
Any action required to complete enrollment or de-enrollment in a benefit.

Entitlement
In Australia, this is all unused leave from the previous year that remains to the credit of
the employee.

ESS
Employee Self Service. A predefined SSHR responsibility.

Event
An activity such as a training day, review, or meeting, for employees or applicants.
Known as class in OLM.

Ex-Applicant
Someone who has previously applied for a vacancy or multiple vacancies, but all
applications have ended, either because the applicant has withdrawn interest or they
have been rejected. Ex-Applicants can still be registered users.

Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC)


In the UK, this is the week in which an employee's baby is due. The Sunday of the
expected week of childbirth is used in the calculations for Statutory Maternity Pay
(SMP).

Extra Information Type (EIT)


A type of developer descriptive flexfield that enables you to create an unlimited
number of information types for six key areas in Oracle HRMS. Localization teams may
also predefine some EITs to meet the specific legislative requirements of your country.
See also: Developer Descriptive Flexfield, page Glossary-15

Field
A view or entry area in a window where you enter, view, update, or delete information.
See also: Block, page Glossary-7, Region, page Glossary-34

Flex Credit
A unit of "purchasing power" in a flexible benefits program. An employee uses flex
credits, typically expressed in monetary terms, to "purchase" benefits plans and/or
levels of coverage within these plans.

Flexible Benefits Program


A benefits program that offers employees choices among benefits plans and/or levels of

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coverage. Typically, employees are given a certain amount of flex credits or moneys
with which to "purchase" these benefits plans and/or coverage levels.

Flexible Spending Account


(FSA) Under US Internal Revenue Code Section 125, employees can set aside money on
a pretax basis to pay for eligible unreimbursed health and dependent care expenses.
Annual monetary limits and use-it-or-lose it provisions exist. Accounts are subject to
annual maximums and forfeiture rules.

Form
A predefined grouping of functions, called from a menu and displayed, if necessary, on
several windows. Forms have blocks, regions and fields as their components.
See also: Block, page Glossary-7, Region, page Glossary-34, Field, page Glossary-18

Format Mask
A definition of a person-name format. The format mask comprises standard name
components, such as title, first name, and last name, in an order appropriate to its
purpose and legislation.

Format Type
A format-mask classification that identifies the mask's purpose. Oracle HRMS defines
the Full Name, Display Name, List Name, and Order Name format types. You can also
define your own format types for use in custom code.

Full Time Equivalent (FTE)


A Workforce Measurement Type (WMT) that measures full time equivalent. Although
the actual value and calculation may vary, this value is taken from the Assignment
Budget Value (ABV) in Oracle HRMS. If the Assignment Budget Value in Oracle HRMS
is not set up then a FastFormula is used to determine the value to be calculated.

Global Value
A value you define for any formula to use. Global values can be dates, numbers or text.

Goods or Service Type


A list of goods or services a benefit plan sponsor has approved for reimbursement.

Grade
A component of an employee's assignment that defines their level and can be used to
control the value of their salary and other compensation elements.

Grade Comparatio
A comparison of the amount of compensation an employee receives with the mid-point

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of the valid values defined for his or her grade.

Grade Ladder
The key component of Grade/Step Progression. You use a grade ladder to categorize
grades, to determine the rules for how an employee progresses from one grade (or step)
to the next, and to record the salary rates associated with each grade or step on the
ladder.

Grade Rate
A value or range of values defined as valid for a given grade. Used for validating
employee compensation entries.

Grade Scale
A sequence of steps valid for a grade, where each step corresponds to one point on a
pay scale. You can place each employee on a point of their grade scale and
automatically increment all placements each year, or as required.
See also: Pay Scale, page Glossary-28

Grade Step
An increment on a grade scale. Each grade step corresponds to one point on a pay scale.
See also: Grade Scale, page Glossary-20

Grandfathered
A term used in Benefits Administration. A person's benefits are said to be
grandfathered when a plan changes but they retain the benefits accrued.

Group
A component that you define, using the People Group key flexfield, to assign
employees to special groups such as pension plans or unions. You can use groups to
determine employees' eligibility for certain elements, and to regulate access to payrolls.

Group Certificate
In Australia, this is a statement from a legal employer showing employment income of
an employee for the financial year..

Headcount(HEAD)
A Workforce Measurement Type (WMT) that measures headcount. Although the actual
value and calculation may vary, this value is taken from the Assignment Budget Value
(ABV) in Oracle HRMS. If the Assignment Budget Value in Oracle HRMS is not set up
then a FastFormula is used to determine the value to be calculated.

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HR Staff
In DBI for HRMS the HR Staff are people who work in the Human Resources role. Chief
HR Officers can track the ratio of HR professionals to the number of workers in their
enterprise.
DBI for HRMS uses the HRI_MAP_JOB_JOB_ROLE formula to categorize workers into
HR staff and non-HR staff.

Headcount Activity
DBI for HRMS uses this term to mean all the gains and losses occurring in a manager's
hierarchy during a reporting period.

Hierarchy
An organization or position structure showing reporting lines or other relationships.
You can use hierarchies for reporting and for controlling access to Oracle HRMS
information.

High Availability
iRecruitment functionality that enables enterprises to switch between two instances to
continuously support the candidate job site.

Hire Date
In DBI for HRMS Hire Date is the employee's most recent hire date.

Imputed Income
Certain forms of indirect compensation that US Internal Revenue Service Section 79
defines as fringe benefits and taxes the recipient accordingly. Examples include
employer payment of group term life insurance premiums over a certain monetary
amount, personal use of a company car, and other non-cash awards.

Incumbent
See also: Active Employee, page Glossary-2

Info Online
A generic framework to integrate Oracle applications with partner applications,
enabling users to access information from third-party providers, Metalink and Learning
Management.

Initiator
In SSHR a person who starts a 360 Degree appraisal (Employee or Self) on an
individual. An initiator and the appraisee are the only people who can see all appraisal
information.

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Input Values
Values you define to hold information about elements. In Oracle Payroll, input values
are processed by formulas to calculate the element's run result. You can define up to
fifteen input values for an element.

Instructions
An SSHR user assistance component displayed on a web page to describe page
functionality.

Integrating Application
In AME, an application that uses Oracle Approvals Management Engine to manage the
approval processes of its transactions.
See: Oracle Approvals Management Engine (AME), page Glossary-3

Integrator
Defines all the information that you need to download or upload from a particular
window or database view using Web ADI.

Interface
A Web ADI term for the item that specifies the columns to be transferred from the
Oracle applications database to your desktop or vice versa.

Involuntary
Used in turnover to describe employees who have ceased employment with the
enterprise not of their own accord, for example, through redundancy.

Job
A job is a generic role within a business group, which is independent of any single
organization. For example, the jobs "Manager" and "Consultant" can occur in many
organizations.

Job Posting
An advertisement for a specific vacancy. This is the public side of the vacancy for which
a candidate would apply.

Key Flexfield
A flexible data field made up of segments. Each segment has a name you define and a
set of valid values you specify. Used as the key to uniquely identify an entity, such as
jobs, positions, grades, cost codes, and employee groups.
See also: Descriptive Flexfield, page Glossary-15

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Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Target values that you set for the performance of your enterprise. This value comes
from the corresponding KPI Portlet/Report. You can configure the Performance
Management Framework to send a notification when actual performance falls short of,
or exceeds, the target value. For example, you may configure the Performance
Management Framework to send you a notification when workforce variance is greater
than 10 percent, or when training success is below 50 percent.

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Portlet/Report


Displays the executive summary of key measures such as total headcount and total
salary.

Layout
Indicates the columns to be displayed in a spreadsheet or Word document created
using Web ADI.

Learning Management
Oracle's enterprise learning management system that administers online and offline
educational content.

Leave Loading
In Australia, an additional percentage amount of the annual leave paid that is paid to
the employee.

Leaver's Statement
In the UK, this Records details of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid during a previous
employment (issued as form SSP1L) which is used to calculate a new employee's
entitlement to SSP. If a new employee falls sick, and the last date that SSP was paid for
under the previous employment is less than eight calendar weeks before the first day of
the PIW for the current sickness, the maximum liability for SSP is reduced by the
number of weeks of SSP shown on the statement.

Legal Employer
A business in Australia that employs people and has registered with the Australian Tax
Office as a Group Employer.

Legal Entity
A legal entity represents the designated legal employer for all employment-related
activities. The legal authorities in a country recognize this organization as a separate
employer.

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Life Event
A significant change in a person's life that results in a change in eligibility or
ineligibility for a benefit.

Life Event Collision


A situation in which the impacts from multiple life events on participation eligibility,
enrollability, level of coverage or activity rates conflict with each other.

Life Event Enrollment


A benefits plan enrollment that is prompted by a life event occurring at any time during
the plan year.

Linked PIWs
In the UK, these are linked periods of incapacity for work that are treated as one to
calculate an employee's entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). A period of incapacity
for work (PIW) links to an earlier PIW if it is separated by less than the linking interval.
A linked PIW can be up to three years long.

Linking Interval
In the UK, this is the number of days that separate two periods of incapacity for work. If
a period of incapacity for work (PIW) is separated from a previous PIW by less than the
linking interval, they are treated as one PIW according to the legislation for entitlement
to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). An employee can only receive SSP for the maximum
number of weeks defined in the legislation for one PIW.

LMSS
Line Manager Self Service. A predefined SSHR responsibility.

Long Service Leave


Leave with pay granted to employees of a particular employer after a prescribed period
of service or employment with that employer.

Lookup Types
Categories of information, such as nationality, address type and tax type, that have a
limited list of valid values. You can define your own Lookup Types, and you can add
values to some predefined Lookup Types.

Lower Earnings Limit (LEL)


In the UK, this is the minimum average weekly amount an employee must earn to pay
National Insurance contributions. Employees who do not earn enough to pay National
Insurance cannot receive Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).

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Manager
(iRecruitment) A manager accesses the iRecruitment system to document their hiring
needs and conduct their recruiting activities online. Specifically, these activities include
vacancy definition, searching for candidates, and processing applicants through the
vacancy process.
DBI for HRMS counts a person as a manager if they supervise assignments (directly or
through subordinates) for which the total headcount value is greater than zero at the
effective date.

Manager-Employee Appraisal
Part of the SSHR Appraisal function. A manager appraisal of an employee. However, an
appraising manager does not have to be a manager.

Mapping
If you are bringing in data from a text file to Oracle HRMS using a spreadsheet created
in Web ADI, you need to map the columns in the text file to the application's tables and
columns.

Maternity Pay Period


In the UK, this is the period for which Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid. It may
start at any time from the start of the 11th week before the expected week of
confinement and can continue for up to 18 weeks. The start date is usually agreed with
the employee, but can start at any time up to the birth. An employee is not eligible to
SMP for any week in which she works or for any other reason for ineligibility, defined
by the legislation for SMP.

Medicare Levy
An amount payable by most taxpayers in Australia to cover some of the cost of the
public health system.

Menus
You set up your own navigation menus, to suit the needs of different users.

My Account
(iRecruitment) My Account is the total of either a candidate or applicant's personal and
vacancy-specific information including the information needed to manage their
progress through the recruitment process.

NACHA
National Automated Clearing House Association. This is the US system for making
direct deposit payments to employees.

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National Identifier
This is the alphanumeric code that is used to uniquely identify a person within their
country. It is often used for taxation purposes. For example, in the US it is the Social
Security Number, in Italy it is the Fiscal Code, and in New Zealand it is the IRD
Number.

National Occupational Classification (NOC) code


In Canada, the National Occupational Classification (NOC) System was developed to
best reflect the type of work performed by employees. Occupations are grouped in
terms of particular tasks, duties and responsibilities. The use of this standardized
system ensures consistency of data from year to year within the same company as well
as between companies. These codes are used in the Employment Equity Report.

Net Accrual Calculation


The rule that defines which element entries add to or subtract from a plan's accrual
amount to give net entitlement.

Net Entitlement
The amount of unused paid time off an employee has available in an accrual plan at any
given point in time.

Nonrecurring Elements
Elements that process for one payroll period only unless you make a new entry for an
employee.
See also: Recurring Elements, page Glossary-34

North American Industrial Classification (NAIC) code


The North American Industrial Classification system (NAICs) was developed jointly by
the US, Canada and Mexico to provide comparability in statistics regarding business
activity across North America. The NAIC replaces the US Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) system, and is used in the Employment Equity Report.

Not in Program Plan


A benefit plan that you define outside of a program.

Objective Assessment Template


The entity that configures the Objectives section of the appraisal.
See also: Competency Assessment Template, page Glossary-10

Objectives Library
A collection of reusable objectives. HR Professionals can either create individual
objectives in the Objectives Library or import them from an external source.

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Off-Boarding
Descriptive term covering all HR processes and procedures involved in removing a
worker from your organization, including termination, relocation, and long-term
sickness.

OLM
Oracle Learning Management.

On-Boarding
Descriptive term covering all HR processes and procedures involved in hiring and
integrating a worker in your organization, including recruitment, hiring, and
orientation.

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)


Analysis of data that reveals business trends and statistics that are not immediately
visible in operational data.

Online Transactional Processing (OLTP)


The storage of data from day-to-day business transactions into the database that
contains operational data.

Open Enrollment
A type of scheduled enrollment in which participants can enroll in or alter elections in
one or more benefits plans.

Oracle FastFormula
Formulas are generic expressions of calculations or comparisons you want to repeat
with different input values. With Oracle FastFormula you can write formulas using
English words and basic mathematical functions. The output of FastFormulas is fed
back into reports.

Organization
A required component of employee assignments. You can define as many organizations
as you want within your Business Group. Organizations can be internal, such as
departments, or external, such as recruitment agencies. You can structure your
organizations into organizational hierarchies for reporting purposes and for system
access control.

Organization Manager Hierarchy


An HRMS structure that contains supervisors and subordinates on a reporting chain
who also own organizations. HRMS uses this hierarchy to filter the information you
display in report modules, such as the Daily Business Intelligence Workforce Budget

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Management dashboard, to include only managers who own organizations.

OSSWA
Oracle Self Service Web Applications.

Outcome
For a unit standard competence, a behavior or performance standard associated with
one or more assessment criteria. A worker achieves a unit standard competence when
they achieve all outcomes for that competence.

Overrides
You can enter overrides for an element's pay or input values for a single payroll period.
This is useful, for example, when you want to correct errors in data entry for a
nonrecurring element before a payroll run.

Parameter Portlet
A portlet in which you select a number of parameters that may affect all your portlets
on your page. These may include an effective date, the reporting period, the comparison
type, the reporting manager, and the output currency for your reports. The parameter
portlet is usually available at the top of the portal page.

Pattern
A pattern comprises a sequence of time units that are repeated at a specified frequency.
The Statutory Absence Payments (UK) feature, uses SSP qualifying patterns to
determine employees entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).

Pattern Time Units


A sequence of time units specifies a repeating pattern. Each time unit specifies a time
period of hours, days or weeks.

Pay Scale
A set of progression points that can be related to one or more rates of pay. Employee's
are placed on a particular point on the scale according to their grade and, usually, work
experience.
See also: Grade Scale, page Glossary-20

Pay Value
An amount you enter for an element that becomes its run item without formula
calculations.
See also: Input Values, page Glossary-21

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Payment Type
There are three standard payment types for paying employees: check, cash and direct
deposit. You can define your own payment methods corresponding to these types.

Payroll
A group of employees that Oracle Payroll processes together with the same processing
frequency, for example, weekly, monthly or bimonthly. Within a Business Group, you
can set up as many payrolls as you need.

Payroll Reversal
A payroll reversal occurs when you reverse a payroll run for a single employee, in effect
cancelling the run for this employee.

Payroll Rollback
You can schedule a payroll rollback when you want to reverse an entire payroll run,
cancelling out all information processed in that run. To preserve data integrity, you can
roll back only one payroll at a time, starting with the one most recently run.

Payroll Run
The process that performs all the payroll calculations. You can set payrolls to run at any
interval you want.

People List
An SSHR line manager utility used to locate an employee.

Performance Management Framework (PMF)


A business intelligence tool used to alert users to exceptional circumstances, as defined
by KPIs. When a particular factor measured by HRMSi goes beyond a threshold chosen
by the user, the system sends the user a workflow notification.

Performance Management Plan


The entity that defines the performance-management process for a specified period. A
component of the Workforce Performance Management function.

Performance Management Viewer (PMV)


A reporting tool that displays the report that corresponds to one or more PMF targets.

Period of Incapacity for Work (PIW)


In the UK, this is a period of sickness that lasts four or more days in a row, and is the
minimum amount of sickness for which Statutory Sick Pay can be paid. If a PIW is
separated by less then the linking interval, a linked PIW is formed and the two PIWs are
treated as one.

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Period of Placement
The period of time a contingent worker spends working for an enterprise. A contingent
worker can have only one period of placement at a time; however, a contingent worker
can have multiple assignments during a single period of placement.

Period Type
A time division in a budgetary calendar, such as week, month, or quarter.

Personal Public Service Number (PPS)


The Irish equivalent to National Insurance number in the UK, or the Social Security
number in the US.

Personal Tax Credits Return (TD1)


A Revenue Canada form which each employee must complete. Used by the employee
to reduce his or her taxable income at source by claiming eligible credits and also
provides payroll with such important information as current address, birth date, and
SIN. These credits determine the amount to withhold from the employee's wages for
federal/provincial taxes.

Person Search
An SSHR function which enables a manager to search for a person. There are two types
of search, Simple and Advanced.

Person Type
There are eight system person types in Oracle HRMS. Seven of these are combinations
of employees, ex-employees, applicants, and ex-applicants. The eighth category is
'External'. You can create your own user person types based on the eight system types.

Personal Scorecard
A collection of objectives for a single worker arising from a single Performance
Management Plan.

Personnel Actions
Personnel actions is a public sector term describing business processes that define and
document the status and conditions of employment. Examples include hiring, training,
placement, discipline, promotion, transfer, compensation, or termination. Oracle HRMS
uses the term self-service actions synonymously with this public sector term. Oracle Self
Service Human Resources (SSHR) provides a configurable set of tools and web flows for
initiating, updating, and approving self-service actions.

Plan Design
The functional area that allows you to set up your benefits programs and plans. This

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process involves defining the rules which govern eligibility, available options, pricing,
plan years, third party administrators, tax impacts, plan assets, distribution options,
required reporting, and communications.

Plan Sponsor
The legal entity or business responsible for funding and administering a benefits plan.
Generally synonymous with employer.

Placement Start Date


In DBI for HRMS Placement Date is the contingent worker's most recent start date prior
to the effective date.

Position
A specific role within the Business Group derived from an organization and a job. For
example, you may have a position of Shipping Clerk associated with the organization
Shipping and the job Clerk.

Predefined Components
Some elements and balances, all primary element classifications and some secondary
classifications are defined by Oracle Payroll to meet legislative requirements, and are
supplied to users with the product. You cannot delete these predefined components.

Process Rule
See Configurable Business Rules, page Glossary-11

Professional Information
An SSHR function which allows an employee to maintain their own professional details
or a line manager to maintain their direct reports professional details.

Proficiency
A worker's perceived level of expertise in a competency, in the opinion of an assessor,
over a given period. For example, a worker may demonstrate the communication
competency at Novice or Expert level.

Progression Point
A pay scale is calibrated in progression points, which form a sequence for the
progression of employees up the pay scale.
See also: Pay Scale, page Glossary-28

Prospect Pool
(iRecruitment) The prospect pool contains all registered users who have given
permission for their information to be published.

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Provincial/Territorial Employment Standards Acts
In Canada, these are laws covering minimum wages, hours of work, overtime, child
labour, maternity, vacation, public/general holidays, parental and adoption leave, etc.,
for employees regulated by provincial/territorial legislation.

Provincial Health Number


In Canada, this is the account number of the provincially administered health care plan
that the employer would use to make remittances. There would be a unique number for
each of the provincially controlled plans i.e. EHT, Quebec HSF, etc.

PTO Accrual Plan


A benefit in which employees enroll to entitle them to accrue and take paid time off
(PTO). The purpose of absences allowed under the plan, who can enroll, how much
time accrues, when the time must be used, and other rules are defined for the plan.

QPP
(See Canada/Quebec Pension Plan)

QA Organization
Quality Assurance Organization. Providers of training that leads to Qualifications
Framework qualifications register with a QA Organization. The QA Organization is
responsible for monitoring training standards.

Qualification Type
An identified qualification method of achieving proficiency in a competence, such as an
award, educational qualification, a license or a test.
See also: Competence, page Glossary-10

Qualifications Framework
A national structure for the registration and definition of formal qualifications. It
identifies the unit standard competencies that lead to a particular qualification, the
awarding body, and the field of learning to which the qualification belongs, for
example.

Qualifying Days
In the UK, these are days on which Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) can be paid, and the only
days that count as waiting days. Qualifying days are normally work days, but other
days may be agreed.

Qualifying Pattern
See: SSP Qualifying Pattern, page Glossary-38

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Qualifying Week
In the UK, this is the week during pregnancy that is used as the basis for the qualifying
rules for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP). The date of the qualifying week is fifteen
weeks before the expected week of confinement and an employee must have been
continuously employed for at least 26 weeks continuing into the qualifying week to be
entitled to SMP.

Quebec Business Number


In Canada, this is the employer's account number with the Ministere du Revenu du
Quebec, also known as the Quebec Identification number. It consists of 15 digits, the
first 9 identify the employer, the next 2 identify the type of tax account involved
(payroll vs. corporate tax), and the last 4 identify the particular account for that tax.

Questionnaire
An SSHR function which records the results of an appraisal.

QuickPaint Report
A method of reporting on employee and applicant assignment information. You can
select items of information, paint them on a report layout, add explanatory text, and
save the report definition to run whenever you want.
See also: Assignment Set, page Glossary-6

QuickPay
QuickPay allows you to run payroll processing for one employee in a few minutes'
time. It is useful for calculating pay while someone waits, or for testing payroll
formulas.

Ranking
(iRecruitment) A manually entered value to indicate the quality of the applicant against
other applicants for a specific vacancy.

Rates
A set of values for employee grades or progression points. For example, you can define
salary rates and overtime rates.

Rate By Criteria
A function that enables the calculation of pay from different rates for each role a worker
performs in a time period.

Rating Scale
Used to describe an enterprise's competencies in a general way. You do not hold the
proficiency level at the competence level.

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Record of Employment (ROE)
A Human Resources Development Canada form that must be completed by an
employer whenever an interruption of earnings occurs for any employee. This form is
necessary to claim Employment Insurance benefits.

Recruitment Activity
An event or program to attract applications for employment. Newspaper
advertisements, career fairs and recruitment evenings are all examples of recruitment
activities. You can group several recruitment activities together within an overall
activity.

Recurring Elements
Elements that process regularly at a predefined frequency. Recurring element entries
exist from the time you create them until you delete them, or the employee ceases to be
eligible for the element. Recurring elements can have standard links.
See also: Nonrecurring Elements, page Glossary-26, Standard Link, page Glossary-38

Referenced Rule
In HRMS budgeting, any predefined configurable business rule in the Assignment
Modification, Position Modification, or Budget Preparation Categories you use as the
basis for defining a new rule.
See Configurable Business Rules, page Glossary-11

Region
A collection of logically related fields in a window, set apart from other fields by a
rectangular box or a horizontal line across the window.
See also: Block, page Glossary-7, Field, page Glossary-18

Registered Pension Plan (RPP)


This is a pension plan that has been registered with Revenue Canada. It is a plan where
funds are set aside by an employer, an employee, or both to provide a pension to
employees when they retire. Employee contributions are generally exempt from tax.

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)


This is an individual retirement savings plan that has been registered with Revenue
Canada. Usually, contributions to the RRSP, and any income earned within the RRSP, is
exempt from tax.

Registered User
(iRecruitment) A person who has registered with the iRecruitment site by entering an
e-mail address and password. A registered user does not necessarily have to apply for
jobs.

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Report Parameters
Inputs you make when submitting a report to control the sorting, formatting, selection,
and summarizing of information in the report.

Report Set
A group of reports and concurrent processes that you specify to run together.

Requisition
The statement of a requirement for a vacancy or group of vacancies.

Request Groups
A list of reports and processes that can be submitted by holders of a particular
responsibility.
See also: Responsibility, page Glossary-35

Residual
The amount of unused paid time off entitlement an employee loses at the end of an
accrual term. Typically employees can carry over unused time, up to a maximum, but
they lose any residual time that exceeds this limit.
See also: Carry Over, page Glossary-9

Responsibility
A level of authority in an application. Each responsibility lets you access a specific set of
Oracle Applications forms, menus, reports, and data to fulfill your business role.
Several users can share a responsibility, and a single user can have multiple
responsibilities.
See also: Security Profile, page Glossary-37, User Profile Options, page Glossary-42,
Request Groups, page Glossary-35, Security Groups, page Glossary-35

Resume
A document that describes the experience and qualifications of a candidate.

RetroPay
A process that recalculates the amount to pay an employee in the current period to
account for retrospective changes that occurred in previous payroll periods.

Retry
Method of correcting a payroll run or other process before any post-run processing takes
place. The original run results are deleted and the process is run again.

Revenue Canada
Department of the Government of Canada which, amongst other responsibilities,

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administers, adjudicates, and receives remittances for all taxation in Canada including
income tax, Employment Insurance premiums, Canada Pension Plan contributions, and
the Goods and Services Tax (legislation is currently proposed to revise the name to the
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency). In the province of Quebec the equivalent is the
Ministere du Revenu du Quebec.

Reversal
Method of correcting payroll runs or QuickPay runs after post-run processing has taken
place. The system replaces positive run result values with negative ones, and negative
run result values with positive ones. Both old and new values remain on the database.

Reviewer (SSHR)
A person invited by an appraising manager to add review comments to an appraisal.

RIA
Research Institute of America (RIA), a provider of tax research, practice materials, and
compliance tools for professionals, that provides U.S. users with tax information.

Rollback
Method of removing a payroll run or other process before any post-run processing takes
place. All assignments and run results are deleted.

Rollup
An aggregate of data that includes subsidiary totals.

Run Item
The amount an element contributes to pay or to a balance resulting from its processing
during the payroll run. The Run Item is also known as calculated pay.

Salary Basis
The period of time for which an employee's salary is quoted, such as hourly or
annually. Defines a group of employees assigned to the same salary basis and receiving
the same salary element.

Salary Rate
The rate of pay associated with a grade or step. Used by Grade/Step Progression.

Scheduled Enrollment
A benefits plan enrollment that takes place during a predefined enrollment period, such
as an open enrollment. Scheduled enrollments can be administrative, open, or
unrestricted.

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Search by Date
An SSHR sub-function used to search for a Person by Hire date, Application date, Job
posting date or search by a Training event date.

Secondment
The temporary transfer of an employee to a different business group.

Security Group
Security groupsenable HRMS users to partition data by Business Group. Only used for
Security Groups Enabled security.
See also: Responsibility, page Glossary-35, Security Profile, page Glossary-37, User Profile
Options, page Glossary-42

Security Groups Enabled


Formerly known as Cross Business Group Responsibility security. This security model
uses security groups and enables you to link one responsibility to many Business
Groups.

Security Profile
Security profiles control access to organizations, positions and employee and applicant
records within the Business Group. System administrators use them in defining users'
responsibilities.
See also: Responsibility, page Glossary-35

Self Appraisal
Part of the SSHR Appraisal function. This is an appraisal undertaken by an employee to
rate their own performance and competencies.

Separation Categoary
See also: termination category, page Glossary-40

Site Visitor
(iRecruitment) A person who navigates to the iRecruitment web site and may view job
postings. This person has not yet registered or logged in to the iRecruitment system.
This individual may search for postings on the web site and also has the ability to log in
or register with the iRecruitment site.

SMP
See: Statutory Maternity Pay, page Glossary-39

Social Insurance Number (SIN)


A unique number provided by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) to
each person commencing employment in Canada. The number consists of 9 digits in the

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following format (###-###-###).

Source Deductions Return (TP 1015.3)


A Ministere du Revenu du Quebec form which each employee must complete. This
form is used by the employee to reduce his or her taxable income at source by claiming
eligible credits and also provides payroll with such important information as current
address, birth date, and SIN. These credits determine the amount of provincial tax to
withhold from the employee's wages.

Special Information Types


Categories of personal information, such as skills, that you define in the Personal
Analysis key flexfield.

Special Run
The first run of a recurring element in a payroll period is its normal run. Subsequent
runs in the same period are called special runs. When you define recurring elements
you specify Yes or No for special run processing.

SSHR
Oracle Self-Service Human Resources. An HR management system using an intranet
and web browser to deliver functionality to employees and their managers.

SSP
See: Statutory Sick Pay, page Glossary-39

SSP Qualifying Pattern


In the UK, an SSP qualifying pattern is a series of qualifying days that may be repeated
weekly, monthly or some other frequency. Each week in a pattern must include at least
one qualifying day. Qualifying days are the only days for which Statutory Sick Pay
(SSP) can be paid, and you define SSP qualifying patterns for all the employees in your
organization so that their entitlement to SSP can be calculated.

Standard HRMS Security


The standard security model. Using this security model you must log on as a different
user to see a different Business Group.

Standard Link
Recurring elements with standard links have their element entries automatically created
for all employees whose assignment components match the link.
See also: Element Link, page Glossary-16, Recurring Elements, page Glossary-34

Glossary-38
Statement of Commissions and Expenses for Source Deduction Purposes (TP
1015.R.13.1)
A Ministere du Revenu du Quebec form which allows an employee who is paid partly
or entirely by commissions to pay a constant percentage of income tax based on his or
her estimated commissions for the year, less allowable business expenses.

Statement of Earnings (SOE)


A summary of the calculated earnings and deductions for an assignment in a payroll
period.

Statement of Remuneration and Expenses (TD1X)


In Canada, the Statement of Remuneration and Expenses allows an employee who is
paid partly or entirely by commission to pay a constant percentage of income tax, based
on his or her estimated income for the year, less business-related expenses.

Statutory Adoption Pay


In the UK, Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) is payable to a person of either sex with whom
a child is, or is expected to be, placed for adoption under UK law.

Statutory Maternity Pay


In the UK, you pay Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) to female employees who take time
off work to have a baby, providing they meet the statutory requirements set out in the
legislation for SMP.

Statutory Sick Pay


In the UK, you pay Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to employees who are off work for four or
more days because they are sick, providing they meet the statutory requirements set out
in the legislation for SSP.

Statutory Paternity Pay


In the UK, Statutory Paternity Pay Birth (SPPB) is payable to a person supporting the
mother at the time of birth. In cases of adoption, the primary carer receives Statutory
Adoption Pay, while the secondary carer receives Statutory Paternity Pay Adoption
(SPPA).

Student Employee
A student who is following a work-study program. Student employees have HRMS
person records (of system type Employee) so that you can include them in your payroll.

Succession Planning
An SSHR function which enables a manager to prepare a succession plan.

Glossary-39
Suitability Matching
An SSHR function which enables a manager to compare and rank a persons
competencies.

Superannuation Guarantee
An Australian system whereby employers are required to contribute a percentage of an
eligible employee's earnings to a superannuation fund to provide for their retirement.

Supplier
An internal or external organization providing contingent workers for an organization.
Typically suppliers are employment or recruitment agencies.

Supporting Objective
An objective aligned with another objective. Supporting objectives contribute to the
achievement of the objectives they support.

Tabbed Regions
Parts of a window that appear in a stack so that only one is visible at any time. You click
on the tab of the required region to bring it to the top of the stack.

Task Flows
A sequence of windows linked by buttons to take you through the steps required to
complete a task, such as hiring a new recruit. System administrators can create task
flows to meet the needs of groups of users.

Tax Point
The date from which tax becomes payable.

Template Letter
Form letter or skeleton letter that acts as the basis for creating mail merge letters. The
template letter contains the standard text, and also contains field codes, which are
replaced by data from the application during the mail merge process.

Terminating Employees
You terminate an employee when he or she leaves your organization. Information about
the employee remains on the system but all current assignments are ended.

Termination Category
When employees leave an enterprise, the decision is either made by the employee or by
the enterprise. When the decision is made by the employee the termination is
Voluntary. When the decision is made by the enterprise, the termination is Involuntary.

Glossary-40
DBI for HRMS uses a formula to determine which category each termination belongs to,
based on the associated leaving reason.
HRMSi elsewhere refers to Termination Category as Separation Category.

Termination Date
DBI for HRMS uses this term to specifically refer to the employee's most recent
termination date prior to the effective date.

Termination Rule
Specifies when entries of an element should close down for an employee who leaves
your enterprise. You can define that entries end on the employee's actual termination
date or remain open until a final processing date.

Tips
An SSHR user assistance component that provides information about a field.

Total Compensation Statement


A module to communicate compensations, rewards, and benefits to employees and
contingent workers.

Transaction Type
In AME, an integrating application may divide its transactions into several categories,
where each category requires a distinct set of approval rules. Each set of rules is a
transaction type. Different transaction types can use the same attribute name to
represent values that the application fetches from different places. This enables several
transaction types to share approval rules, thus facilitating a uniform approval policy
across multiple transaction types.

Transcentive
A third-party compensation management solutions provider, that provides additional
information about benefits choices.

Unit Standard
A nationally registered document that describes a standard of performance. The
standard is typically defined and maintained by industry representatives.

Unit Standard Competency


A competency that is defined in a Unit Standard and linked to a Qualifications
Framework qualification.

Upload
The process of transferring the data from a spreadsheet on your desktop, created using

Glossary-41
Web ADI, back to the Oracle HRMS application.

User Assistance Components


SSHR online help comprising tips and instructions.

User Balances
Users can create, update and delete their own balances, including dimensions and
balance feeds.
See also: Balances, page Glossary-6

User Profile Options


Features that allow system administrators and users to tailor Oracle HRMS to their
exact requirements.
See also: Responsibility, page Glossary-35, Security Profile, page Glossary-37

User-based Security
With this type of security, the application generates the security permissions for a
current user when that user logs on to a system. The system uses the security profile
(can be position, supervisor, or organization-based, for example) to generate security
permissions for the current user, for example, based on the user's position. An
alternative to user-based security is a security profile with defined security rules, for
example, to specify that the top-level position for a position-based security profile is
Position A, irrespective of the current user's position.

View
An example of an interface that you can use to download data from the Oracle HRMS
application to a spreadsheet using Web ADI.

Viewer (SSHR)
A person with view only access to an appraisal. An appraising manager or an employee
in a 360 Degree Self appraisal can appoint view only access to an appraisal.

Viewer (Web ADI)


A desktop application, such as a spreadsheet or word processing tool, that you use to
view the data downloaded from Oracle HRMS via Web ADI.

Voluntary
Term used in turnover to describe employees who have ceased employment with the
enterprise of their own accord, for example, by resigning.

Glossary-42
Waiting Days
In the UK, statutory Sick Pay is not payable for the first three qualifying days in period
of incapacity for work (PIW), which are called waiting days. They are not necessarily
the same as the first three days of sickness, as waiting days can be carried forward from
a previous PIW if the linking interval between the two PIWs is less than 56 days.

WCB Account Number


In Canada, this is the account number of the provincially administered Worker's
Compensation Board that the employer would use to make remittances. There would
be a unique number for each of the provincially controlled boards i.e. Workplace Safety
& Insurance Board of Ontario, CSST, etc.

Work Choices
Also known as Work Preferences, Deployment Factors, or Work Factors. These can
affect a person's capacity to be deployed within an enterprise, such willingness to travel
or relocate. You can hold work choices at both job and position level, or at person level.

Worker
An employee, page Glossary-17 or a contingent worker, page Glossary-11
In DBI for HRMS workers are employees and contingent workers who report to the
selected manager.

Worker's Compensation Board


In Canada, this is a provincially governed legislative body which provides benefits to
employees upon injury, disability, or death while performing the duties of the
employer. Worker's Compensation Board premiums are paid entirely by the employer.

Workflow
An Oracle application which uses charts to manage approval processes and in addition
is used in SSHR to configure display values of sections within a web page and
instructions.

Workforce Measurement Type (WMT)


Groups of different units combined to measure the workforce. The most common units
are headcount and full time equivalent.

Workforce Measurement Value (WMV)


A WMT value, for example, headcount or FTE.

Workforce Performance Management


The Oracle HRMS functions that support enterprise-directed objective setting,
management, and assessment.

Glossary-43
Work Structures
The fundamental definitions of organizations, jobs, positions, grades, payrolls and other
employee groups within your enterprise that provide the framework for defining the
work assignments of your employees.

Glossary-44
 
Index

arrears management
Symbols sample formula for, 1-303
default assignment costing
assignment and return statements
writing formulas for, 1-151
in formulas, 1-10
assignment set formulas, 1-135
A assignment sets
ABP Part-Time Percentage writing formulas for, 1-8
Netherlands ABP Reporting, 1-275 Assignment statement
ABS format of, 1-56
function, 1-39 assignment statements
absence duration in formulas, 1-12
writing formulas for, 1-8
writing formulas to calculate, 1-133 B
absence types
balance dimensions
database items for, 1-92
in formulas, 1-21
ADD_DAYS
Base Holiday (Hungary)
function, 1-41
sample formula, 1-231
ADD_MONTHS
sample formulas, 1-229
function, 1-42
benefits
ADD_YEARS
formulas for administration of, 1-93
function, 1-42
formula types used for, 1-93
Additional Holiday (Hungary)
Benefits administration
sample formula, 1-229, 1-240
writing formulas for, 1-7
additional part-time percentages
Benefit Uplift, 1-127
enable percentages, 1-277
Benefit Uplift Daily Rate Formula, 1-127
Aliases
Benefit Uplift Duration Formula, 1-127
in formulas, 1-19
Alias statement
C
format of, 1-54
Alias statements CAEOY_GET_FOOTNOTE_AMOUNT, 1-312
in formulas, 1-18 CALC_YEARS_OF_SERVICE, 1-308
arithmetic operators CALCULATE_HOURS_WORKED
in formulas, 1-33 function, 1-39

Index-1
CALCULATE_PAYROLL_PERIODS conditions
function, 1-47 format of, 1-57
CALCULATE_TIME_WORKED in formulas, 1-13
UK only function, 1-324 constants
CALL_FORMULA date, 1-27
function, 1-52 in formulas, 1-26
Canadian only functions numeric, 1-27
CAEOY_GET_FOOTNOTE_AMOUNT, 1-312 text, 1-27
CALC_YEARS_OF_SERVICE, 1-308 constants and variables
CHECK_AGE_UNDER18, 1-314 in formulas, 1-10
CHECK_AGE_UNDER18_OR_OVER70, 1-313 CONVERT
DD_CONVERT_UPPERCASE, 1-313 function, 1-44
GET_EMP_ADDRESS_INFO, 1-311 COUNT_ASSIGNMENTS
GET_RATE_ID_FOR_JOB, 1-308 UK only function, 1-324
GET_RATE_ID_FOR_WCB_CODE, 1-309
GET_WCB_RATE, 1-309 D
VALIDATE_GRE_DATA, 1-312
database items
VALIDATE_PMED_ACCOUNT_NUMBER, 1-
from element input values, 1-26
309
in formulas, 1-11, 1-21, 1-29, 1-63
VALIDATE_USER_TABLE_COLUMN, 1-310
list of dynamic items, 1-87
VALIDATE_USER_TABLE_NAME, 1-310
data conversion functions
VALIDATE_WCB_ACCOUNT_NUMBER, 1-
CONVERT, 1-44
310
in formulas, 1-44
VALIDATE_WCB_RATE_CODE, 1-311
INSTR, 1-44
Carry Over Absence (Hungary), 1-269
NUM_TO_CHAR, 1-44
CHECK_AGE_UNDER18, 1-314
TO_DATE, 1-45
CHECK_AGE_UNDER18_OR_OVER70, 1-313
TO_NUMBER, 1-45
CHECK_DATE_FORMAT
TO_TEXT, 1-45
Japanese only function, 1-316
data type
CHECK_FORMAT
rules for determining, 1-30
Japanese only function, 1-316
data types
CHR(n)
in formulas, 1-10
function, 1-34
date constants
CLASS1A_YTD
in formulas, 1-27
UK only function, 1-324
date functions
CLEAR_GLOBALS
ADD_DAYS, 1-41
function, 1-53
ADD_MONTHS, 1-42
collective agreement entitlements
ADD_YEARS, 1-42
writing formulas for calculating eligibility, 1-
DAYS_BETWEEN, 1-42
134
GREATEST, 1-42
collective agreements
in formulas, 1-41
writing formulas for calculating entitlement
LAST_DAY, 1-42
eligibility, 1-9
LEAST, 1-42
comments
MONTHS_BETWEEN, 1-43
in formulas, 1-17
NEW_TIME, 1-43
compiling formulas, 1-147
NEXT_DAY, 1-44
compiling multi-version formulas, 1-154

Index-2
date literals
in formulas, 1-20 F
DAYS_BETWEEN
FastFormula
function, 1-42
calling from PL/SQL, 1-8
DD_CONVERT_UPPERCASE, 1-313
FastFormula Assistant
DEBUG
Overview, 1-22
function, 1-34
FLOOR
Default statement
function, 1-40
format of, 1-55
formulas, 1-270
Default statements
Additional Holiday (Hungary), 1-229
in formulas, 1-19
Aliases, 1-19
define global values, 1-154
Alias statements in , 1-18
descriptive flexfields
appraisal competency line scoring, samples, 1-
enabling for QuickPaint, 1-90
206
DIRECTOR_WEEKS
appraisal objective line scoring, samples, 1-202
UK only function, 1-324
arithmetic operators in, 1-33
dynamic database items
assignment and return statements, 1-10
for descriptive flexfield segments, 1-90
assignment set formulas, 1-135
for key flexfield segments, 1-91
assignment statements in , 1-12
for new absence types, 1-92
balance dimensions, 1-21
for new elements, 1-87
Base Holiday (Hungary), 1-229
for new grade rates, 1-90
Base Holiday sample formula (Hungary), 1-
for new pay scale rates, 1-90
231
Canadian legislative functions, 1-308
E Carry Over Absence (Hungary), 1-269
EEO employment categories checking an element entry, 1-198
writing formulas for, 1-140 checking a user table entry, 1-199
EEO reports comments in, 1-17
writing formulas of employment categories, 1- compiling multi-version formulas, 1-154
9 components, 1-23
EFT payment override formula, 1-276 conditions in, 1-13
element entries constants and variables, 1-10
validation, 1-7 context, 1-11
elements database items in, 1-11
database items for, 1-87 database items in , 1-29, 1-63
formulas for validating entries, 1-198 data conversion functions in, 1-44
element skip rules, 1-148 data type of expressions, 1-32
example data types, 1-10
accrual formula (Belgium), 1-217 date functions in, 1-41
checking an element entry, 1-198 date literals, 1-20
checking a user table entry, 1-199 Default statements in , 1-19
editing a QuickPaint formula, 1-197 EFT payment override (Netherlands), 1-276
expressions enable additional part-time percentages
data type of, 1-32 (Netherlands), 1-277
in formulas, 1-32 errors in, 1-61
expressions in, 1-32

Index-3
for absence duration, 1-8 Netherlands, 1-277
for arrears management, 1-303 numeric functions in, 1-39
for assignment sets, 1-8 order of statements, 1-54
for Benefits administration, 1-7, 1-93 Other Additional Holiday (Hungary), 1-229, 1-
for calculating collective agreement 252
entitlement eligibility, 1-9 payee name (Netherlands), 1-276
for calculating eligibility for collective payment method (Saudi), 1-278
agreement entitlements, 1-134 Payroll calculations, 1-19
for configuring HRMS BIS reports, 1-8 prorating functions for South Africa , 1-323
for configuring people management proration, 1-22
templates, 1-8 proration (UK), 1-282
for configuring templates, 1-135 proration sample, 1-174
for custom global numbering sequences, 1-9 sample formula for additional holiday
for custom person number generation, 1-141 (Hungary), 1-240
for default assignment costing, 1-151 Sickness Holiday (Hungary), 1-229
for EEO employment categories, 1-140 structure, 1-23
for EEO reports, 1-9 text functions in, 1-34
for element skip rules, 1-148 to calculate absence duration, 1-133
for payroll calculations, 1-6 types of statement, 1-54
for payroll contact, 1-200 UK only functions , 1-324
for payroll legislative checks, 1-93 using comments, 1-53
for proration, 1-139 using database items in, 1-21
for PTO accrual plans, 1-7, 1-127 using functions in, 1-12
for QuickPaint, 1-7 using global values, 1-12
for Rate By Criteria calculations, 1-153 using nested expressions in, 1-13
for rating competencies and objectives, 1-143 variable names, 1-19
for Sickness Holiday (Hungary), 1-260 variables in, 1-28
for skip rules, 1-148 wage tax subsidies (Netherlands), 1-276
for validating element entries and user tables, WAS DEFAULTED condition, 1-14
1-7, 1-150 working hours (Netherlands), 1-275
functions for accrual type, 1-47 writing and editing, 1-146
functions in, 1-33 formula types
functions to call , 1-51 for benefits, 1-93
functions to get values from tables in, 1-46 for total compensation, 1-93
functions to set and get globals , 1-52 functions
generating the Formula Wrapper, 1-154 in formulas, 1-12, 1-33
global variables in, 1-29 registering, 1-155
historic rates (UK), 1-300 functions for accrual type formulas, 1-47
Hungarian legislative functions, 1-315 CALCULATE_PAYROLL_PERIODS, 1-47
inputs, 1-10, 1-24 GET_ABSENCE, 1-48
Inputs statement, 1-11 GET_ACCRUAL_BAND, 1-49
Input statements, 1-20 GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS, 1-50
introduction to components, 1-10 GET_ASSIGNMENT_STATUS, 1-50
Japanese legislative functions for, 1-316 GET_CARRY_OVER, 1-48
local variables in, 1-12, 1-28 GET_NET_ACCRUAL, 1-48
making formulas efficient, 1-19 GET_OTHER_NET_CONTRIBUTION, 1-48
Mexican legislative functions, 1-317 GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD, 1-49

Index-4
GET_PERIOD_DATES, 1-50 GET_LOOKUP_ MEANING
GET_START_DATE, 1-50 function, 1-46
GET_WORKING_DAYS, 1-51 GET_MX_TAX_INFO, 1-318
PUT_MESSAGE, 1-51 GET_NET_ACCRUAL
functions to call a formula, 1-51 function, 1-48
CALL_FORMULA, 1-52 GET_NUMBER
LOOP_CONTROL, 1-52 function, 1-52
functions to get values from tables GET_OTHER_NET_CONTRIBUTION
GET_LOOKUP_ MEANING, 1-46 function, 1-48
GET_TABLE_VALUE, 1-46 GET_PAYROLL_PERIOD
in formulas, 1-46 function, 1-49
RAISE_ERROR, 1-47 GET_PERIOD_DATES
RATES_HISTORY, 1-47 function, 1-50
functions to set and get globals GET_RATE_ID_FOR_JOB, 1-308
CLEAR_GLOBALS, 1-53 GET_RATE_ID_FOR_WCB_CODE, 1-309
GET_DATE, 1-52 GET_START_DATE
GET_NUMBER, 1-52 function, 1-50
GET_TEXT, 1-52 GET_SUBJECT_EARNINGS_ANN, 1-321
in formulas, 1-52 GET_SUBJECT_EARNINGS_FOR_PERIOD, 1-
ISNULL, 1-53 322
REMOVE_GLOBALS, 1-53 GET_TABLE_VALUE
SET_DATE, 1-52 function, 1-46
SET_NUMBER, 1-52 GET_TAX_SUBSIDY_PERCENT, 1-320
SET_TEXT, 1-52 GET_TEXT
function, 1-52
G GET_WCB_RATE, 1-309
GET_WORKING_DAYS
generating the Formula Wrapper, 1-154
function, 1-51
GET_ABSENCES
GET_WRIP, 1-320
function, 1-48
GetIDW, 1-320
GET_ACCRUAL_BAND
global person numbering
function, 1-49
writing formulas for custom numbering
GET_ASG_INACTIVE_DAYS
sequences, 1-9
function, 1-50
global values
GET_ASSIGNMENT_STATUS
defining, 1-154
function, 1-50
in formulas, 1-12
GET_BACS_PROCESS_DATE
global variables
UK only function, 1-324
in formulas, 1-29
GET_CARRY_OVER
grade rates
function, 1-48
database items for, 1-90
GET_DATE
GREATEST
function, 1-52
date function, 1-42
GET_EMP_ADDRESS_INFO, 1-311
numeric function, 1-40
GET_FTE_VALUE
text function, 1-34
UK only function, 1-324
GET_LAST_ASSACT
Japanese only function, 1-317 H

Index-5
HR:Execute Legislative Check Formula within ISNULL
Run, 1-93 function, 1-53
HRMS BIS reports
writing formulas for configuring, 1-8 J
HU_ABS_GET_BLIND_DAYS
Japanese only functions
Hungarian only function, 1-315
CHECK_DATE_FORMAT, 1-316
HU_ABS_GET_CHILD_INFO
CHECK_FORMAT, 1-316
Hungarian only function, 1-315
GET_LAST_ASSACT, 1-317
HU_ABS_GET_JOB_DAYS
ORG_EXISTS, 1-317
Hungarian only function, 1-315
HU_ABS_GET_PREV_EMP_SICKNESS_LEAVE
K
Hungarian only function, 1-315, 1-315
HU_ENTRY_IN_ACCRUAL_PLAN key flexfields
Hungarian only function, 1-315 enabling for QuickPaint, 1-91
HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS
Hungarian only function, 1-315 L
HU_PERSON_DOB LAST_DAY
Hungarian only function, 1-315 function, 1-42
Hungarian only functions LEAST
HU_ABS_GET_BLIND_DAYS, 1-315 date function, 1-42
HU_ABS_GET_CHILD_INFO, 1-315 numeric function, 1-40
HU_ABS_GET_JOB_DAYS, 1-315 text function, 1-35
HU_ABS_GET_PREV_EMP_SICKNESS_LEA LENGTH
VE, 1-315, 1-315 function, 1-35
HU_ENTRY_IN_ACCRUAL_PLAN, 1-315 LENGTHB
HU_PAYROLL_PERIODS, 1-315 function, 1-35
HU_PERSON_DOB, 1-315 local variables
Hungarian Sample Accrual Formula, 1-229 in formulas, 1-12, 1-28
LOOP_CONTROL
I function, 1-52
If statement LOWER
format of, 1-57 function, 1-35
INITCAP LPAD
function, 1-34 function, 1-35
Inputs statement, 1-11 LTRIM
format of, 1-55 function, 1-36
Input statements
in formulas, 1-20 M
input values Mexican only functions
validation, 1-7 GET_MX_TAX_INFO, 1-318
Input values GET_SUBJECT_EARNINGS_ANN, 1-321
in Payroll formulas, 1-25 GET_SUBJECT_EARNINGS_FOR_PERIOD, 1-
INSTR 322
function, 1-34, 1-44 GET_TAX_SUBSIDY_PERCENT, 1-320
INSTRB GET_WRIP, 1-320
function, 1-35 GetIDW, 1-320

Index-6
MONTHS_BETWEEN
function, 1-43 P
payee name formulas
N for Netherlands, 1-276
names PAYMENT_YTD
of variables, 1-31 UK only function, 1-325
nested expressions payroll
in formulas, 1-13 formula for payroll contact, 1-200
Netherlands working hours formulas for legislative checks, 1-93
weekly working hours formula, 1-275 Payroll
NEW_TIME formula inputs, 1-24
function, 1-43 making formulas efficient, 1-19
NEXT_DAY payroll formulas, 1-6
function, 1-44 Payroll formulas
NI_ABLE_DIR_YTD writing for elements, 1-148
UK only function, 1-324 pay scale rates
NI_ABLE_PER_PTD database items for, 1-90
UK only function, 1-324 people management templates
NI_CO_RATE_FROM_CI_RATE writing formulas for configuring, 1-8
UK only function, 1-325 PERIOD_TYPE_CHECK
NUM_TO_CHAR UK only function, 1-325
function, 1-44 person numbers
numeric constants writing formulas for, 1-141
in formulas, 1-27 PL/SQL
numeric functions calling FastFormula from, 1-8
ABS, 1-39 POWER
CALCULATE_HOURS_WORKED, 1-39 function, 1-40
FLOOR, 1-40 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_FIRST_ENTITLED_DAY
GREATEST, 1-40 UK only function, 1-325
in formulas, 1-39 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_FIRST_PAID_DAY
LEAST, 1-40 UK only function, 1-325
POWER, 1-40 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_LAST_ENTITLED_DAY
ROUND, 1-40 UK only function, 1-325
ROUNDUP, 1-41 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_LAST_PAID_DAY
TRUNC, 1-41 UK only function, 1-325
PQP_GB_GET_ABSENCE_SMP_FOR_DATE_RA
O NGE
UK only function, 1-325
Oracle FastFormula
PQP_GB_GET_ABSENCE_SSP_FOR_DATE_RA
overview, 1-1
NGE
predefined formulas, 1-5
UK only function, 1-325
summary of uses, 1-4
processes
uses for, 1-6
Bulk Compile Formulas, 1-61
ORG_EXISTS
Create Descriptive Flexfield DB Items, 1-90
Japanese only function, 1-317
Create Key Flexfield DB Items, 1-91
Other Additional Holiday (Hungary), 1-229, 1-
profiles
252

Index-7
HR:Execute Legislative Check Formula within function, 1-37
Run, 1-93 RTRIM
Prorate_Calendar_Days function, 1-37
South Africa only function, 1-323 rules
Prorate_Working_Days for determining variable class and data type,
South Africa only function, 1-323 1-30
proration rule types
formulas, 1-22, 1-139 for total compensation, 1-93
sample formula, 1-174
sample formulas (UK), 1-282 S
PTO accrual plans
sample proration formula, 1-174
changing plan rules (Belgium), 1-217
Saudi sample payment method formulas, 1-278
formulas for, 1-127
SESSION_DATE
sample formula (Belgium), 1-217
UK only function, 1-325
writing formulas for, 1-7
SET_DATE
PUT_MESSAGE
function, 1-52
function, 1-51
SET_NUMBER
function, 1-52
Q SET_TEXT
Quickpaint function, 1-52
editing generated formulas, 1-197 Sickness Holiday (Hungary), 1-229, 1-260
QuickPaint formula skip rules
copying and adding features to, 1-149 writing formulas for, 1-148
QuickPaint reports South Africa only functions
writing formulas for, 1-7 Prorate_Calendar_Days, 1-323
Prorate_Working_Days, 1-323
R statements
in formulas, 1-54
RAISE_ERROR
order in formulas, 1-54
function, 1-47
static database items
Rate By Criteria
accrual plan information, 1-63
formulas, 1-153
address detail (US/UK only), 1-65
RATES_HISTORY
applicant information, 1-65
function, 1-47
contact addresses , 1-65
registering
contact information, 1-66
functions, 1-155
contingent worker, 1-68
REMOVE_GLOBALS
contracts information, 1-68
function, 1-53
date information, 1-69
REPLACE
element type details, 1-69
function, 1-36
employee assignment information, 1-69
Return statement
employee hire information, 1-76
in formulas, 1-60
Federal, 1-87
ROUND
home address details (UK only), 1-77
function, 1-40
home address details (US only), 1-77
ROUNDUP
Human Resources Intelligence, 1-77
function, 1-41
list of static items, 1-63
RPAD

Index-8
location details, 1-78 function, 1-45
payroll details, 1-78 total compensation
people addresses, 1-81 formula types used for, 1-93
people information, 1-82 TRANSLATE
person types, 1-84 function, 1-38
recruiter information, 1-84 TRIM
supervisor information, 1-85 function, 1-39
work address details (UK only), 1-86 TRUNC
work address details (US only), 1-86 function, 1-41
SUBSTRB
function, 1-38 U
SUBSTRING
UK_TAX_YR_END
function, 1-37
UK only function, 1-325
UK_TAX_YR_START
T UK only function, 1-326
templates UK only functions
writing formulas for, 1-135 CALCULATE_TIME_WORKED, 1-324
text constants CLASS1A_YTD, 1-324
in formulas, 1-27 COUNT_ASSIGNMENTS, 1-324
text functions DIRECTOR_WEEKS, 1-324
CHR(n), 1-34 GET_BACS_PROCESS_DATE, 1-324
DEBUG, 1-34 GET_FTE_VALUE, 1-324
GREATEST, 1-34 NI_ABLE_DIR_YTD, 1-324
in formulas, 1-34 NI_ABLE_PER_PTD, 1-324
INITCAP, 1-34 NI_CO_RATE_FROM_CI_RATE, 1-325
INSTR, 1-34 PAYMENT_YTD, 1-325
INSTRB, 1-35 PERIOD_TYPE_CHECK, 1-325
LEAST, 1-35 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_FIRST_ENTITLED_DAY,
LENGTH, 1-35 1-325
LENGTHB, 1-35 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_FIRST_PAID_DAY, 1-
LOWER, 1-35 325
LPAD, 1-35 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_LAST_ENTITLED_DAY,
LTRIM, 1-36 1-325
REPLACE, 1-36 PQP_GB_GAP_GET_LAST_PAID_DAY, 1-325
RPAD, 1-37 PQP_GB_GET_ABSENCE_SMP_FOR_DATE_
RTRIM, 1-37 RANGE, 1-325
SUBSTRB, 1-38 PQP_GB_GET_ABSENCE_SSP_FOR_DATE_R
SUBSTRING, 1-37 ANGE, 1-325
TRANSLATE, 1-38 SESSION_DATE, 1-325
TRIM, 1-39 UK_TAX_YR_END, 1-325
UPPER, 1-39 UK_TAX_YR_START, 1-326
TO_DATE USER_RANGE_BY_LABEL, 1-326
function, 1-45 USER_VALUE_BY_LABEL, 1-326
TO_NUMBER VALIDATE_BACS_DATE, 1-326
function, 1-45 VALIDATE_USER_VALUE, 1-326
TO_TEXT UPPER

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function, 1-39
USER_RANGE_BY_LABEL
UK only function, 1-326
USER_VALUE_BY_LABEL
UK only function, 1-326
user tables
validating entries, 1-7

V
VALIDATE_BACS_DATE
UK only function, 1-326
VALIDATE_GRE_DATA, 1-312
VALIDATE_PMED_ACCOUNT_NUMBER, 1-
309
VALIDATE_USER_TABLE_COLUMN, 1-310
VALIDATE_USER_TABLE_NAME, 1-310
VALIDATE_USER_VALUE
UK only function, 1-326
VALIDATE_WCB_ACCOUNT_NUMBER, 1-310
VALIDATE_WCB_RATE_CODE, 1-311
validation
writing formulas for, 1-7, 1-150
YEA information, 1-270
variable class
rules for determining, 1-30
variable names
in formulas, 1-19
variables
in formulas, 1-28
naming, 1-31

W
wage tax subsidies, 1-276
WAS DEFAULTED condition, 1-14
windows
Database Items, 1-147
Formula, 1-146
Globals, 1-154

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